Polynesian Expansion & Source Analysis

Polynesia is located in which ocean?

• Pacific
• Indian
• Atlantic
• Indian

People spread into Polynesia mainly from (a)  

• The USA
• Australia
• South East Asia
• Europe

People have lived in Polynesia for about (a)  

• 60000 years
• 20000 years
• 200 years
• 1500 years

The nothernmost point in Polynesia is (a)  

• Hawaii
• New Zealand
• Australia
• Easter Island

The southernmost point in Polynesia is (a)  

• Hawaii
• New Zealand
• Australia
• Easter Island

Polynesian people travelled between the islands on...

(a)  

• canoes known as vaka (waka)
• Steam ships
• Submarines
• Longboats also known as vaka (waka)

True or false: there is evidence of trading throughout Polynesia?

• True
• False

Which of these things is NOT used in Wayfinding?

• Stars
• Ocean currents
• Wind
• A compass

Which three islands make up the points on the Polynesian Triangle?

• Hawaii, Easter Island, New Zealand
• The Marquesas, Fiji, Tahiti
• Samoa, Cook Islands, Tonga
• Guam, Marshall Islands, Hawaii

Which animal was made extinct by Maori hunting in New Zealand?

• The Kiwi

• The Maoi

• The Moa

• The Diprotodon