History
History is passed on through verbal or nonverbal
What is communication
About 14 degrees south longitude, and 170 degrees west latitude.
What is the absolute location of American Samoa?
The two migration theories of areas where the early Samoans came from.
What is Southeast Asia and South America?
This explorer was the first to see the Pacific Ocean in 1513 and named it, "The Great South Sea".
Who was Basco Balboa?
In 1722, this Dutch explorer rediscovered the Manu'a islands.
Who was Jacob Roggeveen?
An example of verbal communication used by early Samoans to share history
What is fagogo (storytelling)?
About 2600 miles southwest of Hawaii
What is the relative location of American Samoa?
This testing of several Polynesians helped to support the Southeast Asia migration theory.
What is DNA testing?
Ferdinand Magellan entered the Great South Sea in 1520 and named it ______ for its calm waters.
What is Pacific?
In 1768, this French explorer rediscovered the Samoa islands and named them the Navigator Islands.
Who is Louis Bougainville?
A study of people and events of the past.
What is history?
The Samoan Islands are located at about the center of this region of the Pacific Ocean with Hawaii, Easter Island, and New Zealand at the 3 outlying tips.
What is the Polynesian Triangle?
The similarities of these statues to those in South America helped to support the South America Migration theory.
What are the Moai statues of Easter Island?
Pedro de Quiros was the European explorer who first rediscovered these two Polynesian islands.
What are Tahiti and Swains Islands?
In 1787, this French explorer anchored his ships at Fagasa Bay in search for water.
Who was Jean La Perouse?
The past can be either ancient or
What is recent?
American Samoa is located about 1800 miles northeast of
The name of Thor Heyerdal's boat that he sailed from South America to Polynesia to prove his South America Migration theory.
What is the Kon Tiki?
Abel Tasman was a Dutch explorer who rediscovered Fiji and Tonga and was the first to see ___________.
What is New Zealand?
In 1791, this British admiral was the first to bring a foreign ship into Pago Pago Harbor.
Who was Captain Edward Edwards?
A study of history can help us to learn from the past, understand the present, and __________ for the future.
What is prepare?
The location of the Moai statues
What is Easter Island?
The similarities in the pronunciation and spelling of these three words for love in Samoan, Hawaiian, and Maori help to support the Samoan Expansion theory of migration throughout the Polynesian Triangle.
What are alofa, aloha, and aroha?
Another word for circling the whole globe that Magellan was credited for.
What is circumnavigate?
The name of the ship that was the first foreign vessel to enter Pago Pago Harbor, and the name of the ship he was sent to look for.
What are the HMS Pandora and the HMS Bounty?