POLYNESIAN GEOGRAPHY
The archipelago that includes the islands of Niihau and Maui....
What are the Hawaiian Islands?
I am the percentage of the world's volcanoes that are found in the Ring of Fire?
What is 75%?
The name of the raft which sailed westward from Peru to Polynesia.
What is Kon Tiki?
I am the name of the Hawaii public high school who made the news about the "Devious Lick" challenge.
What is Kaiser High School
I am the name of the geological arch of destruction surrounding the Pacific.
What is THE RING OF FIRE?
The lower WESTERN tip of the POLYNESIAN TRIANGLE.
Where is New Zealand?
Where is Aotearoa?
I am the type of volcano found in the Ring of Fire.
What is STRATO VOLCANO?
Possible place of origin of Polynesians before they migrated to Southeast Asia.
Where is Taiwan?
I am the name of the disease that Queen Lili'uokalani faced and was forced to quarantine Hawaiians.
What is SMALLPOX?
I am the name of the hospital founded by King Kamehameha IV and his wife Queen Emma.
What is QUEEN'S HOSPITAL?
Some scientists believe that BEFORE Southeast Asia, Polynesians came from this place.
Where is TAIWAN?
The process that moves rock and seawater down into the Earth.
What is SUBDUCTION?
Norwegian explorer who thought that the first Polynesians came from South America rather than Asia.
Who is Thor Heyerdahl?
I am the percentage of Hawaiians smallpox killed Hawaiians 30 years prior to 1881.
What is 10%?
I am the type of lava that is found in Hawai'i.
What is "flows like honey", liquid like lava?
The Northern tip of the Polynesian Triangle.
Where are the Hawaiian Islands?
The technology scientists are using to track the movement of plates around the Ring of Fire.
What is GPS?
I am the place where scientists believe the Hawaiian language originated
Where is Samoa?
Kamehameha III formed this committee of doctors and advisors to enforce sanitation rules, collect health data and mandate vaccinations.
What is the Board of Health?
This natural phenomenon is the reason why some native populations of lower level islands and atolls may need to relocate soon.
What is RISING SEA LEVELS?
What is Global Warming?
I am the group of islands that new research shows is the origin of Hawaiian language. NOT SAMOA!
Where are the Northern Line Islands?
(Teraina Island & Kirimati Atoll)
The ultimate process by which tectonic plates move.
What is CONVECTION?
The names of the island and atoll believed to be the NEW origin of Hawaiian language.
What are Teraina Island and Kirimati Atoll?
I am the age Queen Lili'uokalani would be today.
What is 183?
I am the name of the volcano in Indonesia that created the loudest sound in recorded history when it erupted.
What is Krakatoa?