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| As of 2023, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville has set a deadline to become a sovereign nation between 2025 and 2027. From which country will it become independent? | Papua New Guinea | 100%
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| Name one of the three U.S. Territories in Oceania that is not included in the United States Minor Outlying Islands. | American Samoa | Guam | Northern Mariana Islands | 97%
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| Three UN member states in Oceania are under a Compact of Free Association with the United States. One is the Marshall Islands. Name one of the other two. | Micronesia | Palau | 91%
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| The Australian External Territory of Norfolk Island lies between New Caledonia and which country of Oceania? | New Zealand | 91%
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| The British Crown Colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands became which two sovereign states in the late 1970s? | Kiribati | 88%
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| This former British protectorate has always ruled itself, enjoying an uninterrupted succession of hereditary rulers from one family for centuries. | Tonga | 88%
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| Name one of the two UN General Assembly observer states that are under a Compact of Free Association with New Zealand. | Cook Islands | Niue | 85%
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| Name the U.S. state that lies in Oceania. | Hawaii | 85%
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| Australia is a federation of states and territories. Name one of its six states. | New South Wales | Queensland | South Australia | Tasmania | Western Australia | Victoria | 85%
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| The third smallest country in the world was annexed and claimed as a colony by the German Empire until after World War I, when it became a League of Nations mandate administered by Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. | Nauru | 82%
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| Germany dominated this island nation from about 1900 until 1914. | Samoa | 82%
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| Tuvalu | 82%
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| Name one of the two South American countries having territory that technically lies in Oceania. | Chile | Ecuador | 79%
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| Rotuma is an autonomous region of this country. | Fiji | 79%
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| Uninhabited Clipperton Island is considered by which European state to be its private property? | France | 79%
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| Ownership of Wake Island is disputed by the United States and which other country? | Marshall Islands | 76%
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| Ownership of the Australian External Territory Ashmore and Cartier islands is disputed with which country? | Indonesia | 73%
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| A French Overseas Territory from 1946 to 1998, this territory was given a special status of sui generis collectivity in 1999, beginning the process of establishing its own sovereignty. | New Caledonia | 73%
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| Australia is a federation of states and territories. Name one of its three internal territories. | Australian Capital Territory | Northern Territory | Jervis Territory | 70%
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| Name one of the two French Overseas Collectivities located in Oceania. | French Polynesia | Wallis and Futuna | 70%
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| Name the British Overseas Territory located in Oceania. | Pitcairn Islands | 61%
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| The U.S. Minor Outlying Islands territory consists of eight insular areas in the Pacific Ocean and one in the Caribbean Sea. Name one of the U.S. Insular Areas in the Pacific. | Baker Island | Howland Island | Jarvis Island | Johnson Atoll | Kingman Reef | Midway Atoll | Palmyra Atoll | Wake Island | 58%
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| Name the New Zealand Dependent Territory located in Oceania. | Tokelau | 42%
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| The Australian External Territory of Christmas Island was excised from which country in 1958? | Singapore | 30%
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| Which Australian External Territory lies off the northeast coast of Queensland? | Coral Sea Islands | 27%
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