The People of the Pacific

About how many years ago did the earliest settlers come to the Islands of the Pacific Ocean?

• 300

• 6,000

• 50

• 100,000

How did they find their way to the islands?

• They were expert sailors

• By accident

• By dreams

• They were forced

How did the Early people of the Pacific live?

• Nomadic and hunter and gather

• In one huge mansion as a tribe

• In tall mud towers

• In Pyramids

How did the aboriginal people view reality?

• Through a concept of "dreaming"

• The big bang theory

• Through creation theory

• Through stardust

The aboriginal people believed that mythical creatures created the world and then went to a spiritual realm?

• True

• False

How else were "spirit beings" used besides creation?

• As cleaners

• As hunters

• As messengers for new knowledge

• As traders with other lands

From their communication with "spirit beings" they created what?

• Foods and sacrifices

• graves and temples

• myths, dances, and rituals

• new garments

What did they call a group of people that were family or who traveled together?

• a crew

• a pack

• a band

• a tribe

How did both men and women gain prestige in a band?

• Through hunting

• Through manners and speech

• Through ritual performance

• Through fishing

Historians believe that the dots in aboriginal art is actually what?

• Maps

• Secret Private knowledge

• Brain scans

• Fishing patterns