Thought to descend from people of Southeast Asia, the Chamorro make up this U.S. territory’s largest ethnic group

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Today’s Final Jeopardy Category is: People & Places

Today’s Final Jeopardy

Thought to descend from people of Southeast Asia, the Chamorro make up this U.S. territory’s largest ethnic group

Final Jeopardy Answer

The Final Jeopardy Answer is: Guam

Final Jeopardy Explanation

The Chamorro people are the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands, encompassing the United States territory of Guam.

The majority of Chamorros are Austronesian. Numerous people are of Filipino descent (another Austronesian group). Many also have Japanese ancestry and traces of Mexican and Hispanic origin.

Almost half of Guam’s present population is made up of Chamorros, the largest ethnic group in the territory, and other Micronesians.

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	Sreekar Madabushi is a Junior at the Georgia Institute of Technology from Basking Ridge, New Jersey. He was a 2019 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist, winning $5,000. Final Score: $22,799 Round 2 Score: $25,800 Round 1 Score: $11,600

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