Show:
Rapa Nui
Moai
Mystery
Wild
Final Jeopardy
100

Why did the Rapa Nui make the statues? (3 reasons)

1. Honor ancestors. 2. Scare away evil spirits 3. Watch over the islanders.

100

How did the Rapa Nui make the Moai?

They carved them out of the side of the volcano.

100

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.

100

What is the cloth used for clothing and religious ceremonies called? 

What is tapa cloth?

100

Who named the island Easter Island and when

Who is Jacob Roggeveen and 1722?

200

How did the Rapa Nui move the statues? (3 theories)

1. They walked. 2. Aliens moved them. 3. They rolled them on logs.

200
What tool did the Rapa Nui use to carve the moai?
The Rapa Nui used stone axes to carve the moai.
200
How long would it take 6 people to make a moai?
It would take 6 people a year and a half to make a moai.
200

In 1888, Easter Island became part of what country?


Easter Island is part of Chile.


300

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.

300
Why do the statues look the way they do?
Nobody knows why they were made the way they were or why they look the way they do.
300

What type of rock are Moai made of?

What is (any of the following) Igneous rock, tuff, compressed volcanic rock, basalt, or trachyte?

300

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.

400

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.

400
How were the red tops put on some of the statues?
This is still a mystery. Nobody knows how the red tops got put on the moai.
400

How many people live on Easter Island today?

There are about 2,000 people on the island today.

400
What are the large flat stones under the statues (ahu) used for? (4 reasons)
1. To show where families lived. 2. To show where people were buried. 3. Calendars 4. Altars
500

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.

500

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.

500

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.

500

How many miles across is Easter Island?

The island is only 7 miles long.