Vocabulary
A group of islands.
What is an archipelago?
What is the name of Moana's pet rooster?
Hei Hei
The traditional name for New Zealand.
Aoteroa
What ocean is Polynesia in?
Pacific
Polynesia contains over 10,000 islands.
False
The indigenous name for Easter Island, where the Moai statues are located.
What is Rapa Nui?
What item must Moana return to Te Fiti?
The heart of the ocean
The indigenous people from New Zealand.
Who are the Maori?
The population of Samoa.
What is 202,500? (Any response from 180k to 220k counts as correct.)
Tuvalu is a territory of the UK.
False
The indigenous name for New Zealand.
What is Aotearoa?
Who sings the song "we know the way"?
Moana's ancestors
The capital of New Zealand.
What is Wellington?
What are the 3 points of the triangle that makes up Polynesia
New Zealand, Easter Island and Hawaii
The Pitcairn Islands have a population of less than 50.
True
The region in the southwest part of Oceania.
What is Melanesia?
What ancient Polynesian tradition does Moana rediscover that her people had forgotten?
Wayfinding
The population of New Zealand.
What is 5,132,900? (Any response from 4.5 to 5.5 million counts as correct.)
Polynesian navigation relied on more than just the stars. Name two other natural signs they used to find their way across the ocean.
The sun, clouds, wind, moon
There are over 1000 Moai heads on Easter Island.
True
The name for an earth oven?
Hangi
Maui’s tattoos tell stories of his past deeds. What is the name of the small animated tattoo version of himself that often acts as his conscience?
Mini Maui
The amount of stars on the New Zealand flag.
What is 4?
Which Polynesian kingdom is the only one that was never formally colonised by a European power?
Tonga
The Federal Republic of Germany was the country to colonize Samoa.
False.