[DOC] [TLE] This question originally aired on September 8,... | Jeopardy ... [PAR] Category: MICRONESIA Question: Most of the Caroline Islands are now a part of 
this independent country known as FSM for short. Answer: the Federated States... [DOC] [TLE] Micronesia - Wikipedia [PAR] Micronesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising thousands of small islands in 
the western Pacific Ocean. It has a shared cultural history with two other island 
regions, Polynesia to the east and Melanesia to the south. The region has a 
tropical marine climate, and is part of the Oceania ecozone. ... The Marshall 
Islands is an island country, located north of Nauru and Kiribati,... [DOC] [TLE] Caroline Islands - Wikipedia [PAR] The Caroline Islands are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the 
northwestern Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically they are 
divided between the Federated States of Micronesia in the eastern part of the 
group, ... The occupation of the Caroline Islands had, as in most of the Spanish 
colonies,... [DOC] [TLE] Geography - Federated States of Micronesia -YAP, CHUUK ... [PAR] The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is a grouping of 607 small islands in 
the ... the FSM comprises what is known as the Western and Eastern Caroline 
Islands. While the country's total land area amounts to only 270.8 square miles, 
.... Truk (now Chuuk), Yap, Ponape (now Pohnpei) and Kusaie (now Kosrae) 
voted in... [DOC] [TLE] Federated States of Micronesia  Pacific RISA  Managing Climate ... [PAR] The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) extends 1,700 miles (2,736 km) from 
... (2,900 km) across the archipelago of the Caroline Islands, from Kosrae in the ... 
islands and atolls are in the north-central, southwest, and western parts of the 
state. .... the islands now known as the Federated States of Micronesia arrived 
more... [DOC] [TLE] Lighthouses of Micronesia [PAR] Aug 28, 2005 ... There are separate pages for lighthouses in other island countries of the ... The 
FSM is remarkable in having had four colonial administrations. The islands (then 
called the Caroline Islands) were controlled by ... After the war, the U.S. 
administered the islands as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. [DOC] [TLE] Micronesia | history - geography - republic, Pacific Ocean ... [PAR] May 18, 2016 ... It is composed of more than 600 islands and islets in the Caroline Islands ... 
Micronesia, country in the western Pacific Ocean. ... Yap, which alone is situated 
in the monsoon area, has westerly winds for part of the year. ... the other 
languages of the area (which are known as Nuclear Micronesian languages). [DOC] [TLE] Micronesia (1565-1994), Forgotten Island World in the Pacific ... [PAR] The German takeover of the Marshall Islands east of the Caroline Islands took ... 
The discovery of rich phosphate deposits, which covered most of the island, was 
... the Caroline Islands  now called the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) ... 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands either will not become independent  this is... [DOC] [TLE] Micronesia facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is located in the western Pacific 
Ocean within ... Yap, the westernmost state, consists of 4 large islands and 7 
smaller islands ... Though the country is not generally known to have major 
earthquakes, a 6.6 ... The short and torrential nature of the rainfall, which 
decreases from east to... [DOC] [TLE] Encyclopedia of Islands on JSTOR [PAR] Islands have captured the imagination of scientists and the public for ... short 
summers are strong environmental filters that exclude most organisms from ..... At 
various times in the past, the Caroline Islands encompassed all the islands that 
now ... States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of Belau (formerly known as 
Palau),... [DOC] [TLE] 7 FAM 1300 APPENDIX D PLACE OF BIRTH NAMES IN PASSPORTS [PAR] Passport authorizing officers must use the country of birth as it is now known for a 
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Question: Most of the Caroline Islands are now a part of this independent country known as FSM for short
Answer: the Federated States of Micronesia