Rapa Nui
Why did the Rapa Nui make the statues? (3 reasons)
1. Honor ancestors. 2. Scare away evil spirits 3. Watch over the islanders.
How did the Rapa Nui make the Moai?
They carved them out of the side of the volcano.
What are the wooden tablets called and what do they say?
The tablets are called Rongorongo, they probably say chants but nobody can read them so nobody really knows.
What is the cloth used for clothing and religious ceremonies called?
What is tapa cloth?
Who named the island Easter Island and when
Who is Jacob Roggeveen and 1722?
How did the Rapa Nui move the statues? (3 theories)
1. They walked. 2. Aliens moved them. 3. They rolled them on logs.
In 1888, Easter Island became part of what country?
Easter Island is part of Chile.
How did the Rapa Nui get the statues up on the altars?
They used piles of stones under the statues. The statue got straighter as the pile of rocks got bigger.
What type of rock are Moai made of?
What is (any of the following) Igneous rock, tuff, compressed volcanic rock, basalt, or trachyte?
Who took the islanders away to other countries after they ran out of natural resources?
Other explorers that came to the island took them to other countries.
How did the Rapa Nui change the island over time? (3 things happened)
1. They cut down all the trees and did not plant new ones. 2. The soil washed into the ocean. 3. They could not make canoes to go fishing or to leave the island.
How many people live on Easter Island today?
There are about 2,000 people on the island today.
What animal contributed to the lack of trees on Rapa Nui?
What are Rats. They ate the seeds from the trees and left none to germinate and grow.
How were the statues destroyed?
1. From the groups fighting and destroying each others statues. 2. A tsunami in 1960 destrored some of the moai.
To get the points, you need to answer all 3 questions. 1. How many statues are on the island? 2. How much does the largest one weigh? 3. How tall are they?
1. About 900 Moai on the island. 2. They weigh up to 82 tons. 3. They are about 13 feet tall.
How many miles across is Easter Island?
The island is only 7 miles long.