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Polynesian Expansion Across the Pacific

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#History #Oceania #Polynesia

Where is Polynesia?

A group of Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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What is the Maori name for New Zealand?

Aotearoa

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What is the name of the giant, extinct bird from New Zealand?

Moa

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What is the Polynesian word for Canoe?

Waka

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What is the name of the islands that form from dead coral reefs

Atolls

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What is the submerged continent that New Zealand is a part of?

Zealandia

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When did the Maori reach New Zealand?

1270-1290CE

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True or False: Polynesians spread from South America to South-East Asia?

False

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Which is the Polynesian term for Easter Island?

Rapa Nui

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Which Polynesian island has the huge heads made of stone?

Easter Island (Papa Nui)

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Name FOUR countries that are part of Polynesia?

Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Cook Islands, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Solomon Islands, Niue, Hawaii, Tahiti and New Caledonia.

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What is a Moko?

A traditional Maori Tattoo

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What is an Atau?

A fisherman God from The Cook Islands?

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Which country do the Maori come from?

Aotearoa (New Zealand)

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What were two of the factors that helped Polynesians spread across the ocean?

Birds, Stars, Weather/Wind, Improved Canoe Technology

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What are the cardinal directions?

North, East, South, West.

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