Word Wall
A ring-shaped island, or chain of islands.
Atoll
Present tense of "They were"
They are
The three islands at the points of the Polynesian Triangle.
100 points each
Easter Island, Hawai'i and New Zealand
The British explorer that claimed many parts of Polynesia for Britain
Captain James Cook
The colour that represents anger, danger or love.
Red
The process of working out where you are and where you should go.
Wayfinding
The place where the comma goes in the following sentence. "Mr Plunkett can I go get a drink?"
After Mr Plunkett (Also, no)
The direction of the current towards Polynesia
East to West
The Polynesian name for New Zealand.
Double Points
Aotearoa
The angle used to create a sense of superiority or power.
Low Angle
The name of the culture that spread from Melanesia into Polynesia.
Double Points
Lapita
A word with a silent g that means rule of a monarch
Reign
Name of the man that set out to prove that the Polynesians came from South America, by sailing across the Pacific. Bonus points for the name of his journey.
Thor Heyerdahl. Contiki
The cult that started on Rapa Nui as resources depleted.
The Birdman Cult.
The part of the image that first catches your eye
Salient Image
People who study other people and how they lived.
Anthropologist
A mammal related to a dolphin.
Porpoise
One way that historians/scientists are tracking the spread across Polynesia.
Languages, Pottery, Oral Histories, DNA research
The first island settled in Polynesia
Tonga
Element of an image that influences the vectors.
Gaze
The word that means the line of descent that traces through a family.
Genealogy
Word with a silent letter that means fully aware
Conscious
The vegetable that confuses the argument of East vs West Expansion.
Sweet Potato
A Spanish OR Polynesian explorer that explored the region.
Alvaro de Mendana, Toi or Whatonga.
The term that means to allude to/reference other texts in your text.
Intertextuality