The area of crust directly above a rising mantle plume is a(n) ...

[sam.t96]

The area of crust directly above a rising mantle plume is a(n) ________.
 
  A) convergent plate boundary
  B) Curie point
  C) hot spot
  D) asthenosphere

Question 2

Describe the colonial history of the Pacific islands and contrast it to that of Australia and New Zealand.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[fur]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

In both Australia and New Zealand the European settlers displaced the indigenous peoples and
became politically and economically dominant. Throughout the Pacific islands, the indigenous
peoples remained numerically dominant, but their ways of lifepolitics, economicswere
heavily influenced by the European powers.

[sam.t96]

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[bassamabas]

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