Oceania

(proper noun)

A geographical region composed of many islands (Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia) plus Australasia; it is located between Asia, Antarctica, and the Americas.

Examples of Oceania in the following topics:

  • The Rise of Pacific Cultures

    • Art of Oceania properly encompasses the artistic traditions of the people indigenous to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands.
    • At around the same time, art began to appear in New Guinea, including the earliest examples of sculpture in Oceania.
    • Starting around 600 BCE, works of the Dongson culture of Vietnam—known for their bronze working—can be found in Oceania, and their imagery has a strong influence on the indigenous artistic tradition.
    • By 1500, the first European explorers reached Oceania.
    • The four cultural areas of Oceania are illustrated on this map, including the land masses of Australia, New Guinea, and New Zealand and the numerous Pacific Islands.

  • New Britain

    • Melanesia, comprising New Britain and the surrounding islands, has perhaps the most striking art of all Oceania.
    • The 17th century, both here and in other regions of Oceania, brought with it increasing encounters with European explorers.

  • Pacific Arts Festival

    • The Festival of Pacific Arts, or Pacific Arts Festival, is a traveling festival hosted every four years by a different country in Oceania.

  • The Effect of Low Voter Turnout

    • It tends to be lower in the United States, Asia, and Latin America than most of Europe, Canada, and Oceania.

  • Global Aging

    • According to the Population Research Bureau, the average life expectancy in Africa is 53, in North America is 78, in Latin America is 73, in Asia is 68, in Europe is 75, and in Oceania is 75.

  • Technological Barriers

    • Those that are not are concentrated in northeast Africa, Oceania, and the Middle East.

  • Forms of Government

    • Fictional oligarchic examples include the dystopian society of Oceania displayed in the book Nineteen Eighty-Four, the stratocracy government of Starship Troopers, and the kritarchic "Street Judges" of Judge Dredd.
    • Fictional oligarchic examples include the dystopian society of Oceania displayed in the book Nineteen Eighty-Four, the stratocracy government of Starship Troopers, and the kritarchic "Street Judges" of Judge Dredd.

  • Low Voter Turnout

    • It tends to be lower in the United States, Asia and Latin America than most of Europe, Canada and Oceania.
    • It tends to be lower in the United States, Asia and Latin America than most of Europe, Canada and Oceania.

  • New Guinean Wood Carvings

    • With its diverse cultural heritage, the island of New Guinea holds some of the most striking art in all of Oceania.

  • Early Homo

    • Our ancestors repeatedly left Africa to populate Eurasia and, eventually, the Americas and Oceania.