Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI)

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Across
  1. 5. The groundwater and food grown on the islands became ___ due to the bombing.
  2. 7. 3 administrations controlled the Marshall Islands - ___, Japanese, and the United States.
  3. 9. The people of Rongelap suffered illnesses from the fallout of the ___ test in the 1950s.
  4. 12. The main industry that brought many ships and merchants to Jaluit Atoll.
  5. 13. The first Marshallese to earn a doctoral degree is ___ Heine.
  6. 14. The people depend more on ___ than agriculture
  7. 15. RMI consists of 2 chains of 29 ___ and 5 coral islands.
  8. 17. Missionaries ___ dancing, tattooing, and worship of gods.
  9. 19. 97% of the country's population is made up of ___.
  10. 20. 67 ___weapons were tested in the Marshall Islands and many people have suffered from it.
  11. 21. Marshallese leaders want the right to decide how to spend their own money from the Compact.
Down
  1. 1. Marshallese were great ___ and built large canoes.
  2. 2. Introduced clothing and other Western customs.
  3. 3. The atoll that was the site of U.S. nuclear tests.
  4. 4. Some islands experience limited rainfall and water ___.
  5. 6. Under the ___ of Free Association, the U.S. provides money, defense, and free entry in U.S.
  6. 8. The place where one of the worst battles of WWII was fought.
  7. 10. Outsiders on the Marshalls included ___, traders, and beachcombers.
  8. 11. Between 1945-1958 Bikini and Enewetak were used for ___ tests.
  9. 16. The fastest vessel in Rarotonga.
  10. 18. Stick charts used in navigation.
  11. 19. Capital of Marshall Islands.