1. There are no national parks in Greenland.

2. Venice, Italy, sits on a single island.

3. The Maldives are an island group in the Indian Ocean.

4. The literacy rate in Sri Lanka is very low.

5. The name Polynesia means "two islands."

6. Micronesia is made up of small islands.

7. Nauru became independent in 1967.

8. The prison island in San Francisco Bay is called Alcatraz.

9. The smallest republic in the world is in the South Pacific.