The Islands UnitOnline version The people of the Marianas are more closely connected to the Northern Islands than you think, even though those islands are so pretty far from where we stay. Take the quiz to learn some fun facts! by Alex Tudela 1 🤔What does MTMNM stand for? a Mariana Trench Middle of Nowhere Mountain b Mariana Trench Marine National Monument c Mariana Trench Marine Northern Monument d Mariana Tectonic Marine North Mountain 2 🫧There are 3 units in the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, what are they called? a Tectonic unit, Marine unit, and Protected unit b Reef unit, Vent unit, and Cave unit c Islands unit, Volcanic unit, and Trench unit d Islands unit, Volcanic unit, and Tectonic unit 3 ⚓ What 3 islands make up the islands unit? a Agrihan, Alamagan, and Guam b Saipan, Tinian, and Rota c Anatahan, Sarigan, and Uracas d Maug, Asuncion, and Uracas 4 🪸There are roughly how many coral species in the Islands Unit? a 150 b 500 c 220 d 300 5 🎣🪝🐟 Traditional fishing is allowed in the Islands Unit a TRUE b FALSE 6 🏝️Uracas is also known as _____ a Farallon de Pajaros b The Land of Seafarers c Island of the fishes d Farallon de Medinilla 7 👨👩👦👦People from the CNMI used to live in the islands unit a TRUE b FALSE 8 ⛵What are the top 2 reasons people visit the islands unit? (select 2) Choose one or more answers a Fishing b For fun c To live there d Research 9 🐚What island in the islands unit is made up of 3 smaller islands (islets)? Refer to picture if needed a Uracas b Asuncion c Maug 10 🥥During the Japanese Administration, about 10-20 families from the CNMI moved to what island in the islands unit to farm copra (dried coconut meat) before World War II? a Maug b Asuncion c Uracas d Alamagan Feedback 7 Stories from people who used to live on Asuncion during their childhood shared that the boat to resupply northern islands and transport people and materials traveled to Asuncion twice a year between 1939 and 1949. (Kotowicz, Dawn, and Laurie Richmond. Traditional Fishing Patterns in the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, 2013) 8 #1 was for fishing. Some operations or vessels would take multiple trips to the Islands Unit waters each year with sustenance fishing being part of the majority of trips. #2 was for research trips. People interviewed explained that research trips were required to include at least one CNMI resident. 9 🌋Maug is a caldera with three islets. 🏝️ A caldera is a large volcanic crater that war formed by a major eruption leading to the collapse of the mouth of the volcano. The natural harbor inside the islets was often discussed during the oral histories as providing shelter, fishing grounds and fuel transfer locations in an otherwise very exposed open ocean area. 10 Asuncion is the southernmost of the islands within the Islands Unit of the Monument. It is significant for its vegetated slopes, which may have been a draw for the Japanese Administration to begin farming copra on this island prior to World War II. During this era, approximately 10–20 families, primarily of Carolinian descent, moved up to Asuncion Island to work for the Japanese Administration.
