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Polynesian History
2025 Humanities
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the king called in Rapa Nui? | Ariki |
| How was Rapa Nui called Easter Island? | Jacob Roggoveen arrived on Rapa Nui on Easter Sunday in 1772 and decided to call it Easter Island? |
| Who is Jacob Roggoveen? | A Dutch navigator |
| Who first inhabited Rapa Nui? | Oral legend is that Hotu Matu'a led his people to the island which made him the first Ariki |
| How was the Rapa Nui's society structured? | Divided into clans on different parts of the island. |
| Steering by deep sea swells | During the day navigators steer the vaka by feeling the lift and noting the direction of regular ocean swells |
| Land-roosting birds | Navigators look for land nesting birds and the direction would tell them the way to land and the breed will tell them the flying distances |
| Watching the weather | Navigators watch the weather to determine when the voyage should start. |
| Steering by stars and sun | Day: Use the direction of the sun Night: Rise and set of stars and constellations |
| Swells and islands | Swells wrap around islands and a change in the direction of swells could tell the navigator there was land. |
| Cloud patterns above islands | Clouds have different patterns over islands as land heats more quickly than the sea and evaporation creates clouds of moisture |
| Island colours reflected on clouds | Colours may reflect from land. White=coral, dark=heavy vegetation, green=shallow lagoons |
| Island 'blocks' | Land mass created sea blocks which, once the navigator was inside, was able to interpret the sea patterns and head towards the central land mass |
| Changing sea colour near islands | Water changes colour according to the depth of the ocean |
| Smoke, smell and taste | Smoke from lightning of volcanic eruptions, smell of vegetation and the taste of water near land could be different |
| Drifting objects | There may be floating vegetation from nearby islands |
| What do the Maoi head show us about Rapa Nui? | It shows us that they are honouring past ariki and are a protection belief as they have their backs to the sea. |
| What is a theory as to how the Rapa Nui people moved the Maoi. | Pulling them with a rope was a theory invented in 1955 by Thor Heyerdahl. (Other options are fine too) |
| When was it believed that people settled in New Zealand? | Anytime between 800 and 1130CE |
| What does Maori mean? | Original people |
| What did the Maori name their land and what did it mean? | Aotearoa, meaning land of the long white cloud |
| What does iwi mean? | Tribe |
| What are similarities between the Maori and Rapa Nui ariki? | Chosen by birth, Highly respected and privileged |
| What are features of the Maori ariki? | Carried a ceremonial club (patu), females can be ariki and they have to display exceptional qualities. |
| What are features of the Rapa Nui ariki? | They have primarily political power |
| WHat's an example of how the Polynesians navigated across the ocean? | They were able to find their way across vast reaches of the Pacific ocean basin navigating by the sun, stars, and other natural cues. |
| Why are the Moai's important to Rapa Nui people? | Represented former tribal chiefs who had lots of power. |
| What type of clothes did the Maori people wear? | native plants, and bird and animal skins. T |
| What did the Moai's teach us ? |
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