Phases of the Moon. In Western culture, the four principal phases of the Moon are new moon, first quarter, full moon, and third quarter (also known as last quarter).
by Lucy 3 years ago. The United States captured Guam on 21 June 1898 during the Spanish-American war. At that time Guam was officially a territory belonging to Spain, as it had been since the 17th century when it was taken over by Spanish colonists. On December 10 of the same year, Spain formally handed over the island to the US when it signed the Treaty of Paris. However, the treaty only came legally into effect the following year on 11 April 1899, so that could be seen as the year that the US formally took possession of the territory.
Guam is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands, and the largest island in Micronesia. Guam is one of the 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories under supervision of the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United Nations, whose goal is to bring the colonization to an end. The Chamorros, Guam's indigenous people, first populated the island approximately 4,000 years ago. The island has a long history of European colonialism, beginning with its discovery for Europe by Ferdinand Magellan during a Spanish expedition on March 6, 1521.