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Taongi | Which of the Marshall Islands did Salazar most likely see? |
Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón | Whose ship was named Florida? |
the Maluku Islands | From where did Cerón attempt to cross the Pacific Ocean? |
Los Pintados | What did Cerón name the islands from which people threw rocks at his vessel? |
Los Jardines | What was the name given to the islands reached by Cerón in October of 1529? |
Enewetak or Bikini Atoll | What are two possible modern names for the islands called Los Jardines by Cerón? |
Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón | Who was in charge of the ship named Florida? |
the Maluku Islands | Where did Cerón's expedition begin? |
Los Pintados | What name did Cerón give to the island that might have been Ujelang? |
Los Jardines | What group of islands might have been Bikini Atoll or Enewetak? |
eight days | How long did Cerón spend on Los Jardines? |
Los Barbudos | What was the name given to the island reached by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi on January 9th of 1530? |
Mejit | What is thought to be the modern name of the island Legazpi called Los Barbudos? |
January 10 | On what date did Legazpi's expedition see the island it named Placeres? |
Corrales | What name did the expedition give to the island it saw on January 12th? |
10°N | What was the location of Corrales? |
Miguel López de Legazpi | Who led the expedition involving the ship San Pedro? |
Los Barbudos | What did Miguel López de Legazpi call the island discovered on January 9, 1530? |
Placeres | What did the Spanish call the island that might have been Ailuk? |
January 12 | On what day did the Spanish see the island they named Corrales? |
Ujelang | What island may have been spotted by the Spanish on January 15? |
Captain John Charles Marshall and Thomas Gilbert | Who arrived at the Marshall Islands in 1788? |
jolet jen Anij | What do natives of the Marshall Islands call their country? |
Adam Johann von Krusenstern | Which Russian was involved in naming the Marshall Islands? |
Louis Isidore Duperrey | Which French citizen was involved in naming the Marshall Islands? |
Mulgrave | At what island did the Globe arrive in 1824? |
Thomas Gilbert | Who notably accompanied John Charles Marshall to the Marshall Islands? |
1788 | In what year did Marshall and Gilbert go to the islands? |
jolet jen Anij | What is the traditional name of the Marshall Islands? |
Gifts from God | What is the English translation of the traditional name of the Marshall Islands? |
Mulgrave Island | On what island did mutinous American whalers land in 1824? |
Captain DonSette | Who was the leader of the group attacked by the people of the Marshall Islands in 1834? |
Naiad | What vessel was attacked in 1845? |
Glencoe and Sea Nymph | What ships were attacked in 1852? |
1857 | In what year did missionaries arrive to live in the Marshall Islands? |
Ebon | On what island did the Missionaries live with citizens of the Marshall Islands? |
Captain DonSette | Who was the captain of the crew killed in 1834? |
1845 | In what year was the ship Naiad attacked by natives? |
schooner | What type of ship was the Naiad? |
San Francisco | Out of what city was the Sea Nymph sailing? |
Ebon | Where did missionaries live as of 1857? |
the Spanish Empire | What nation had a claim on the Marshall Islands as of 1874? |
the German Empire | What nation formed a protectorate over the Marshall Islands? |
Britain | What nation asserted their rights over the Gilbert and Ellice islands? |
SMS Nautilus | On what ship did German ambassadors arrive in the Marshall Islands? |
King of the Ralik Islands | What title did the Germans give to Kabua? |
November 1 | On what day was a final treaty signed between the Marshall Islands chiefs and the Germans? |
Imperial German Protectorate | What status did the Marshall Islands have in Germany? |
Spain | What nation had control of the Carolines? |
copra | What notable resource was available in the Marshall Islands? |
1884 | In what year did Germany buy the Marshalls from Spain? |
the Jaluit Gesellschaft | What company ran the Marshall Islands in the late 19th century? |
1905 | When did the Jaluit Gesellschaft's administration of the islands end? |
the German–Spanish Treaty of 1899 | What document was signed in 1899? |
the Carolines | Along with the Marianas and Palau, what islands were acquired from Spain in 1899? |
the governor of German New Guinea | What official administered Germany's Micronesian possessions? |
the Sacred Heart Jesu Society | What Catholic group was Father Erdland a part of? |
1914 | In what year did Father Erdland leave the Marshall Islands? |
1911 | In what year was Father Linckens' last visit to the Marshalls? |
1912 | When was Father Linckens' book published? |
1904 | In what year did Father Linckens first travel to the Marshalls? |
the Meiji Restoration | What notable historical event occurred in Japan in 1868? |
East Asia | In what region did the Japanese attempt to build up their power after 1868? |
traders | Along with fishermen, what sort of Japanese people visited the Marshalls? |
September 29, 1914 | On what date did the Japanese land on Enewetak? |
the Entente | What military alliance did the Japanese join in the First World War? |
the Jaluit Atoll | What did the Japanese occupy on September 30, 1914? |
June 28, 1919 | On what date was the Treaty of Versailles signed? |
December 17, 1920 | When was the South Pacific Mandate for Japan approved? |
1,000 | About how many Japanese emigrated to the Marshalls when it was a Japanese colony? |
economic | What was the primary nature of Germany's interest in the Marshall Islands? |
land | What was the primary nature of Japan's interest in the Marshall Islands? |
Palau | Along with the Mariana Islands, on what island were there more Japanese settlers than indigenous inhabitants? |
Matrilineality | What was the traditional social organization of the Marshall Islanders? |
the Japanese Patriarchal system | What system of social organization was used in Japan? |
March 27, 1933 | On what date did the Japanese leave the League of Nations? |
Japanese | What language were Marshall Islanders taught in schools while under Japanese colonial administration? |
Catholic | Along with Protestants, missionaries from what denomination were allowed to operate in the Marshalls? |
6th Fleet | What Japanese fleet was based in the Marshall Islands? |
Kwajalein | On what atoll was the 6th Fleet Forces Service based? |
defense of the Marshall Islands | What was the mission of the 6th Fleet Forces Service? |
World War II | During what conflict did the US occupy the Marshall Islands? |
the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign | What was the name of the campaign in which the US occupied the Marshalls? |
1944 | In what year did the United States occupy the Marshalls? |
one | How many months did it take for the US to occupy Kwajalein Atoll, Majuro and Enewetak? |
Wotje | Along with Mili, Maloelap and Jaluit, what parts of the Marshall Islands were not occupied in the first three months of the American campaign? |
1943 | In what year did American air attacks on the Marshalls begin? |
5,100 | How large was the Japanese garrison on Mili? |
half | What fraction of the Japanese garrison on Mili died due to hunger? |
lack of food | Along with injuries, what suffering did the American bombing cause to the Marshall Islanders? |
World War II | During what conflict did the US occupy the Marshalls? |
Security Council Resolution 21 | What resolution of the UN Security Council gave the United States control over the Marshalls? |
1947 | In what year was the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands created? |
Micronesia | What is the name of the broader region that the Marshall Islands are a part of? |
1946 | In what year did the Cold War begin? |
67 | How many nuclear weapons were tested in the Marshall Islands between 1946 and 1958? |
Castle Bravo | What was the name of the United States' largest atmospheric nuclear test? |
108,496 | What was the yield of the Castle Bravo bombs in kilotons? |
Elugelab | Which of the Marshall Islands was destroyed in a United States hydrogen bomb test? |
Project 4.1 | What was the name of the US study of nuclear fallout on Bikini Atoll? |
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