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Name the man who discovered the 10 volcanic islands
Alvaro de Mendana
Name the man who the Marquesas Islands were named after
Garcia Hurtado
Name the man who came up with the Kon-Tiki Theory
Thor Heyerdahl
Name the man who was the first to view Polynesians as capable individuals
What was described as the "tree of life" in the Chapter
Breadfruit
When were the Marquesas Islands discovered? (Hint: 1500's)
1595
What covered the Marquesan male body?
Glowing blue-black tattoos
_______ also provide clues to the Wayfinders - their colour, shape, character, and place in the ____.
When was the first launch of the Hokule'a? (Hint: 1900's)
1975
What did Marquesan people believe happened to bodies in the afterworld?
Spirits departed the body and plunged into the sea
What is the Kon-Tiki Theory?
The Kon-Tiki proposed that the islands of the pacific were populated from South America (the East) rather than from Asia (the West).
Which magazine featured Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki Theory?
National Geographic
Who wrote of the functional purpose of the Kula Ring?
Malinowski
What is the name of the Polynesian navigator that disproved the Kon-Tiki Theory?
Nainoa Thompson
What is the goal of the anthropologist?
What is the metaphor that describes Hokule'a?
Hokule'a never moves. It simply waits as the islands rise out of the sea to greet life.
How was Thor Heyerdahl described to be?
Blond, good-looking, bronzed by the sun, charismatic, eminently photogenic, and a modern adventurer
What was Hokule'a named after?
Arcturus, the sacred star of Hawaii
The Kula Ring is a system of reciprocity based on the ceremonial exchange of two items:
Necklaces and Armbands
Who is the physicist recognizing the importance of fieldwork to understand culture of a certain group?
Franz Boas