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100

True or False: Cook Islands is made up of islands and atolls

True

100

Name a natural disaster than can occur in Niue and Cook Islands

Tsunami, earthquake, tropical cyclone, hurricane

100

What is someone from Niue called?

a Niuean

100

What is the lowest point in Niue (above sea level)

0m (the Pacific Ocean)

100

insular

relating to or from an island

200

How many islands make up Polynesia?

Over 1 000

200

True or False: Bird of Paradise is a type of bird found in Cook Islands

False: Bird of Paradise is a flower

200

What religion was most of Niue and Cook Islands converted to by Europeans?

Christianity

200

What is the name of the largest terrestrial arthropod? (It's found in Niue and Cook Islands)

Coconut Crab or Uga

200

endemic

restricted or peculiar to a locality or region

300

What type of boundary causes the Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone?

Convergent plate boundary

300

What is the other name for the Mangaia Kingfisher?

Mewing Kingfisher

300

True or False: Niue uses more renewable energy than non-renewable

False: 84% of their energy is non-renewable

300
What is arable land?

Any land that can be used for agriculture, including cropland and fallows.

300

fallows

pieces of uncultivated land

400

What are the three points of the Polynesian triangle?

New Zealand, Hawaii, and Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

400

What is the only land mammal found in Niue and Cook Islands?

(3 answers are accepted)

the Insular Flying Fox, Pacific Flying Fox, or Peka

400

What are the three official languages of Cook Islands?

English, Cook Island Maori (Rarotongan), and Pukapukan

400

What is the major ethnic group of the Cook Islands

Cook Island Maori

400

animism

the belief that everything has a spirit (plants, animals, objects)

500

What is the average precipitation in Niue and Cook Islands?

2 000mm

500
What is the name of the sea snake endemic to Niue?

Katuali

500

What were the spirits in Niue beliefs called?

Hint for half points

Aitu

500

What is the name of the highest point in the Cook Islands?

Te Manga

500

motu

an islet found around atolls with vegetation