Polynesian Expansion Across the Pacific | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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When did the Maori reach New Zealand?

1270-1290CE

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

Zealandia

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

Atolls

Where is Polynesia?

A group of Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

What is the Polynesian word for Canoe?

Waka

What is an Atau?

A fisherman God from The Cook Islands?

Which country do the Maori come from?

Aotearoa (New Zealand)

What is the Maori name for New Zealand?

Aotearoa

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

Moa

Which Polynesian island has the huge heads made of stone?

Easter Island (Papa Nui)

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.

What is a Moko?

A traditional Maori Tattoo

Name three Polynesian societies where tattoos were traditional?

Marquesan, Samoan, Tahitian, Hawaiian and Maori.

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

Birds, Stars, Weather/Wind, Improved Canoe Technology

What is New Zealand's capitol city?

Wellington

What are the cardinal directions?

North, East, South, West.

What is Whakairo?

Traditional Maori Carving

What is the name of the giant eagle that used to live in New Zealand?

Haast's eagle

Which is the Polynesian term for Easter Island?

Rapa Nui

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

False