Take this The Republic of the Marshall Islands Quiz! Average Trivia | Pacific Islands

Answer: Wake Atoll

The Marshallese government refers to it as Enen-kio. The United States incorporated the territory in 1899.

Answer: May

The climate is generally warm to hot and humid. The wet season starts in May and ends in November. The islands often experience tropical cyclones.

Answer: True

A state of emergency was declared on the Marshall Islands on March 21, 2007 due to a very long drought and a low stock of water. In December 2008, the islands were battered by enormous waves, caused by typhoons. The government called another state of emergency on December 5, 2008.

Answer: 1986

In 1979, the government was created and the Marshall Islands began its own administration. During 1986, the Compact of Free Association became official, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands became independent on October 21st of that same year.

Source: Wikipedia

Answer: True

This city has been relatively overpopulated compared to other cities in the Marshall Islands. This has led to a sometimes "bad" school system, as well as a lack of natural resources, such as water.

Source: Wikipedia

Answer: Leprosy

Leprosy is a skin disease that has affected humans ever since 2,000 BC. The only other animal that can get leprosy is, surprisingly, the armadillo. Central Africa has been the most afflicted region of the world with leprosy.

Answer: Delap

Majuro is the largest city in the Marshall Islands. Most of the population lives in the D-U-D area, Delap-Uliga-Djarrit. Uliga is a business district, Djarrit has the largest public primary and secondary schools in the entire Marshall Islands, and Delap has many large stores. Laura is a small island that rises ten feet above sea level, which is the highest point in Majuro Atoll.

Answer: Parliament

The president serves a four-year term. There are 33 seats in parliament.

Answer: Marshall Islands International Airport

The Marshall Islands International Airport is located in Majuro. There are also some other small airports. There were fifteen airports in 2009, and eleven of them were unpaved.

Answer: Bikini

Within the first few days of the first nuclear bomb test on the atoll, the atoll's name was in the news. On March 1, 1954, the United States' first ever hydrogen bomb test was conducted, codenamed Castle Bravo. It was conducted on Bikini Atoll and this led to widespread radioactive contamination. Walking on the island is generally safe, but eating food grown on the atoll is not safe.

Answer: 33 feet

This geographic "extreme" is located on Likiep Atoll, an atoll consisting of 65 islands. The Marshall Islands is a low-lying country and is in danger of rising sea levels.

Answer: Orange

The flag has a white "star" in the upper left hand corner. It also has an orange line on top of a white line that starts in the bottom left hand corner of the flag. The rest of the flag is blue.

Answer: United States Dollar

Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia are also in Free Association with the United States, and have the United States dollar as their currency too.

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Answer: Christianity

About 97.5% of Marshallese people are Christian, around 1% practice other religions, and the rest are non-religious. Most of the Christian population is Protestant.

Answer: Tennis

No Marshallese athletes competed in tennis in 2008. The Marshall Islands did not do well at the Olympics, as none of the athletes advanced to the second round of their sports. Jared J Heine and Julianne Kirchner both competed in swimming; Anju Jason was the only Marshallese athlete to compete in Taekwondo; and Roman William Cress and Haley Nemra both sprinted.