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Oceania
voyagers
traders
warring
cannibalism
Polynesia
Melanesia
Micronesia
Australasia
merchant
Neanderthal
circumnavigate
exploration
coup
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A violent attempt to take control from a government.
coup
The act of travelling to learn about or discover a new place.
exploration
To travel all the way around something, usually the world.
circumnavigate
A species of human that was alive around 100,000 years ago.
Neanderthal
A person or company who sells things, often from foreign countries.
merchant
A region including Australia, New Zealand, and some other islands.
Australasia
A region of around 2,1000 islands in Oceania.
Micronesia
A subregion of Oceania.
Melanesia
A group of islands within the Polynesian Triangle in the Pacific Ocean.
Polynesia
The practice of eating one’s own species, e.g. a human eating another human.
cannibalism
The act of two or more groups fighting.
warring
A person who buys and sells things.
traders
People who go on long trips.
voyagers
The continent that includes islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Oceania
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