Papua New Guinea Timeline Game
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Put the following events in chronological order.
Temporal Tangle
Put the events in order from earliest to latest.
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Scribe's Challenge
Test your recall! Choose the correct foreign translation.
Translator's Test
Read the foreign word and choose its English meaning.
Echo Chamber
Listen to the word and choose the correct English translation.
Whispering Spell
Listen to the word and find the matching foreign text.
Language Rune Ravel
Unscramble the foreign words from jumbled letters.
Lexicon Links
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Memory Glyphs
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Rune Ravel
Unscramble the key terms from this lesson.
Enchanter's Quest
Take the Quiz - Challenge your recall of the key facts and figures.
Temporal Tangle
Can you place the key events in the correct order?
Fact Fragments
Reconstruct the key facts from this lesson.
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About This Challenge
Discover the rich history of Papua New Guinea through this exciting timeline game!
- Test your knowledge by placing events in their correct chronological order
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- around 50,000 years ago: First settlement of Papua New Guinea by Austronesian-speaking peoples
- 1526: European exploration of Papua New Guinea begins with the arrival of Portuguese explorer Jorge de Meneses
- 1616: Dutch explorers Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire visit the island of New Guinea
- 1700: British explorer William Dampier lands on the coast of Papua New Guinea
- 1884: German New Guinea is established as a colony
- 1914: Australia takes control of German New Guinea during World War I
- 1949: Papua and New Guinea become separate territories under Australian administration
- 1975: Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia
- 1994: Mount Tavurvur erupts in Rabaul, causing widespread devastation
- 1988: Bougainville Civil War begins
- 2001: Bougainville Peace Agreement signed, ending the civil war
- 2018: Papua New Guinea hosts the APEC Summit in Port Moresby
- 2020: COVID-19 pandemic reaches Papua New Guinea
- 2018: Papua New Guinea experiences a severe earthquake, causing significant damage
- 2010: Construction of the Paga Hill Estate in Port Moresby begins
- 2017: Papua New Guinea Rugby League team participates in the Rugby League World Cup
- 2008: The Kokoda Track is designated as a World Heritage Site
- 1992: First commercial oil production begins in Papua New Guinea
- 2016: Papua New Guinea signs the Paris Agreement on climate change
- 1977: The National Museum and Art Gallery in Port Moresby is established