Chuuk

Oceaniaother subsistence combinations

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Chuuk (Truk) is located in the Caroline Islands of Micronesia and forms one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia. Chuuk was settled by the first century AD In the fourteenth century, a cult center was established on Moen Island. In more recent times Chuuk was occupied first by Germany, then Japan, and finally the United States. The Chuuk practice swidden agriculture with breadfruit and wet taro as staples. Fishing is also important and copra is the only export.

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Region
  • Oceania
Subregion
  • Micronesia
Subsistence Type
  • other subsistence combinations
Samples
Countries
  • Federated States of Micronesia
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