The correct option is: "1) traditional forms of art, dance, and music"
The islands located south of the Tropic of Cancer are usually grouped as Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
- Melanesia: means black islands. It includes New Guinea (the largest peaceful island, divided between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia (Maluku, Papua and West Papua provinces), New Caledonia, Zenadh Kes (Torres), Vanuatu, Fiji and Solomon Islands.
- Micronesia: means small islands. Includes Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and Federated States of Micronesia. Many of these are located north of the equator.
- Polynesia: means many islands. Includes New Zealand, Hawaii, Rotuma, Midway, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Easter Island, of the three most extensive.
The islands are usually classified into high islands and low islands. Regarding its orogenesis, habitability and fertility, volcanoes create the first ones that usually allow more inhabitants and their soil is more fertile. The low islands are usually reefs or relatively small and sterile atolls. Melanesia, of the three most populated, is composed mostly of high islands, while Micronesia and Polynesia are low islands.
