Papua New Guinea

description, distribution, and interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth's surface.” This simple word with its inquisitive definition were the answer to Papua New Guinea native, Yalle’s question for Dr. Jared Diamond on the success of white people. Papua New Guinea is a country in the Pacific that has existed for over 40,000 years. Jared Diamond has spent many months with the natives, learning their way of life but has never understood why the people have

like Papua New Guinea don’t have modern day resources, when other civilizations like the Eurasia have a lot more resources. Geography is the main factor for this inequality. Due to the world having land with different latitudes, that causes a variety of animals and natural resources to occur in different parts of the world. Geographic location affects how well crops grow, because different latitudes create their own climates with their own corresponding temperature. In places like Papua New Guinea

Although the Australians eventually pushed back the Japanese in the Battle of Kokoda. They were not always certain to win the war. Owing to a combination of factors such as, the Incompetence of Australian Command, the Discipline and Attitude of Japanese soldiers, difficult terrain and weather, Early Errors and an outbreak of diseases, the Australians would have been defeated. There was a real threat of defeat. The incompetence of the Australian/American command nearly lost the Australians the battle

struggle that involved battled relationships between the Japanese Forces and Allied Forces. The Japanese Forces landed in Papua New Guinea in the early months of 1942 and had conceived a plan to take over Port Moresby through the Kokoda Track, which was a 96km long trail, and from there they could carry out an advance towards Australia. As you can see in the source above, Papua New Guinea is relatively close to Australian country with roughly 6 km between the two at the nearest point. If the Japanese forces

soldiers. During World War II, there was a sudden threat to Australia as we faced a fear of invasion by the Japanese. Due to this conscription was reintroduced and the 39th Battalion was formed out of conscripted teenagers. They were sent to Papua New Guinea extremely outnumbered, with an estimated 10 Japanese soldiers to 1 Australian soldier. Going into the Kokoda campaign, the Australians were not mentally prepared to face the hardships of war, including watching their friends die and become victim

collaboration of short memoirs written by a group of expatriates about their experiences moving to Australia, and the struggles they faced that shaped them into the people they are today. Deborah Carlyon moved to Australia from her birth country of Papua New Guinea when she was 12-years-old, and has written the story ‘Hidden by the Dream’. Paolo Totaro moved from Italy to Australia when she was only a child and has contributed to the book with her short story ‘Pointing North’. Joyful Strains follows the

Oceania is a region composed by Australia, the smallest continent, and islands close to it, which are, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federate States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Cook Islands and Niue. This region is located on the center of the Pacific Ocean, it is divided in subregions, which are Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Oceania's main climates are tropical, which is a non-arid climate and through entire

rural areas/villages are mostly neglected therefore these rural areas don’t have these basic infrastructures that are needed for development. Therefore there is a huge demand for building infrastructures into rural areas. That is very true for Papua New Guinea where the bulks of the population live in the rural areas. The Gena villagers are one of the

thinking differently. Having massive amount troops, ships, aircraft and supplies in New Zealand and Australia, they made the decision to launch a counterattack to defend and retake some of the islands that were occupied by the Japanese. Papua had no particular resource that they desired, but it was a useful link in the chain of defences of the newly conquered area of Japan. So because Japan was quickly gaining new lands closer to Australia, posing a threat to Australia’s safety, the battle of Kokoda

Many coming of age rituals are intense procedures. The Amazon's Satere Mawé youth enter adulthood through the bullet-ant glove initiation, teaching courage and endurance, and the crocodile scaring ritual that the men from the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea participate in teaches them pain and accomplishment. Bullet Ant Glove Initiation The Amazon tribe, known as the, -Satere Mawé, practice the bullet-ant ritual that young men participate in enabling them to enter adulthood.