Australia and Oceania

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Across
  1. 3. intergovernmental organization that tries to increase cooperation between and represent the interest of Pacific countries
  2. 4. ring-shaped coral island enclosing a body of water
  3. 9. floating masses of ice
  4. 11. dried coconut meat
  5. 12. long period of extremely dry weather
  6. 14. power explosive device that can cause widespread destruction
  7. 16. slow-moving bodies of ice
  8. 19. sparsely inhabited region with low plateaus and plains
  9. 20. farming with little left over to sell
  10. 24. attitude that one's own culture or social group is better than all others
  11. 25. agreement that preserves Antarctica for peaceful and scientific use
Down
  1. 1. layer of the atmosphere that filters out most of the harmful ultraviolet radiation
  2. 2. people sent to another country by a church to spread religious beliefs
  3. 4. process by which one group takes on the cultural traits of another
  4. 5. original inhabitants of New Zealand and the Cook Islands
  5. 6. original inhabitants of Australia
  6. 7. theory that explains how huge blocks of Earth's crust called plates move
  7. 8. seasonal ice that floats on the water
  8. 10. involves the collection of resources from nature
  9. 13. long-term, significant change to a region's average weather
  10. 15. people native to a region
  11. 17. uses resources to create new products, like in manufacturing
  12. 18. formation of rock-like material made up of the skeletons of tiny sea creatures
  13. 21. Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement--group that wants to create free trade among members
  14. 22. large mass of compressed ice
  15. 23. sudden, violent overthrow of a government, usually by the military