The moai statues were made by

carving solidified volcanic ash

What order is a paragraph written in

Topic sentence, example, evidence, concluding sentence.

We know information about Polynesian society from

Traditional oral stories passed down

walked to Polynesia from the Great Southern Continent

There is evidence to suggest the moai were

rolled to another location, walked to another location

Deforestation is thought to of happened because

the trees were used for rollers to move the moai statues

Polynesians were capable of sailing 600-900 nautical miles

Captain Cook thought the Polynesians

intentionally explored islands w. canoes and star navigation

Europeans thought of themselves as

Brilliant, superior and better than Polynesian exploreres

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Polynesian Expansion

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1
Fishing on Rapa Nui is an example of
Environmental Change
Environmental Continuity
2
A group of islands is called
Continets
Archipelago
Land Mass
Rapa Nui
3
The moai statues were made by
using a hammer and chisel
mixing sand and water to make a concrete mix
sculpting and molding clay
carving solidified volcanic ash
4
There is evidence of that the moai were moved
fact
opion
5
What is another name from the Great Southern Continent?
Antarctica
New Zealand
Hawaii
Australia
6
A theory is an explanation that is
opinion
fact
can be both
7
The Eastern most Island in Polynesia is
Hawaii
Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
New Zealand
Cook Islands
8
The moai were walked from one place to another
opinion
fact
9
What order is a paragraph written in
Topic sentence, example, evidence, concluding sentence.
It doesn't matter as long as you use big words.
It doesn't matter as long as you have all the infomation
concluding sentence, topic sentence, example, evidence.
10
The Polynesians ate
mostly nuts
meat from the animals they farmed
a selection of grass they grew outside their huts
fish, yams and sweet poatoes
11
The southern most island in Polynesia is
Hawaii
The Great Southern Continent
New South Wales
New Zealand
12
What is the northern most Island in Polynesia?
Hawaii
Tahiti
Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
New Zealand
13
Easter Island is also called
Tahiti
Kupe Luha
Rapa Nui
Archipelago
14
We know information about Polynesian society from
Traditional oral stories passed down
The Internet
Cave Paintings
Textbooks
15
Quiros thought
were capable of sailing 600-900 nautical miles to Polynesia
got lost in a storm and accidentally washed up on islands
used a compass to find polynesia
walked to Polynesia from the Great Southern Continent
16
Deforestation on Rapa Nui is an example of
Environmental Change
Environmental Continuity
17
There is evidence to suggest the moai were
rolled to another location
walked to another location
were placed in canoes and sailed to another location
were moved to another location by aliens
18
The number of trees on Easter Island...
Increased
Decreased
19
Deforestation is thought to of happened because
it was too cold, the trees were chopped down for sunshine
huts were built using the trees
the trees were used for making canoes
the trees were used for rollers to move the moai statues
20
Finney thought
Followed an octopus to find new islands
Polynesians used maps to find new islands
Polynesians were capable of sailing 600-900 nautical miles
Polynesians saw a long white cloud before finding islands
21
Land of the Long White Cloud is another name for
Rapa Nui
Easter Island
Polynesia
New Zealand
22
Captain Cook thought the Polynesians
followed the clouds to find new islands
mostly walked across Polynesia only canoeing sometimes
Got caught in a storm
intentionally explored islands w. canoes and star navigation
23
Europeans thought of themselves as
Brilliant, superior and better than Polynesian exploreres
Stupid and in need of more navigational skills

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