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Tuvalu

Tuvalu. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/islands_oceans_poles/tuvalu.jpg. Map. 1819 – named Ellice Islands During WWII – the US occupied the islands. Built airports on three of the islands including Funafuti

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Tuvalu

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  1. Tuvalu

  2. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/islands_oceans_poles/tuvalu.jpghttp://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/islands_oceans_poles/tuvalu.jpg Map

  3. 1819 – named Ellice Islands • During WWII – the US occupied the islands. Built airports on three of the islands including Funafuti • 1974 – Ellice Islanders voted for separate dependency status as Tuvalu from that of Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) • 1978 – Independence • 2000 – became a member of the United Nations History

  4. Area – 26 sq. km (less than 10 square miles – about half the size of Manhattan) • Population – 11,100 (Jul 2002 est.) Tuvalu

  5. Government – Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy (the United States has judged all the elections to be extremely free and fair). • Independence – 1 October 1978 (from the UK) • People – 96% Polynesian (ethnically); most are members of the Church of Tuvalu Tuvalu (government)

  6. Economy – GDP $12.2 million per year • Exports – copra, handicrafts, stamps (copra = dried kernels of coconuts) • Imports – foods, animals, mineral fuels, machinery, manufactured goods. • Income in a globalized economy? Tuvalu (economy)

  7. http://www.tv/news-media-center/index.php WWW.TV

  8. Allen, Leslie, 2004. Will Tuvalu Disappear Beneath the Sea? Smithsonian 35 (5): 44-52 (August 2004). Barkham, Patrick, 2002. Plea as Island starts to sink. The Guardian, 1 March 2002, page 19. Fickling, David, 2003. Islanders consider exodus as sea level rises: Tuvalu leaders look for a new home before waves was their low-lying country away. The Guardian, 19 July 2003, page 12. Whitty, Julia, 2003. All the Disappearing Islands: As the Ice Caps Melt and Oceans Rise, Will Tuvalu Become a Modern Atlantis? Mother Jones 28 (4): 50-55 (July/August 2003). Selected Bibliography

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