Polynesia, The Pacific, and Australia

Question 1

Why is the art of the Pacific Island cultures, such as New Zealand and Australia, similar in many ways?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Answers may vary. Because the different islands are close together, they share many of the same artistic characteristics.

Question 2

How many Moai figures have been discovered on Easter Island?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

around 1,000

Question 3

On what part of the face was a female Maori tattooed?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Around the mouth and on the chin.

Question 4

What caused many of the Moai at Easter Island to be destroyed?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Answers may vary. Many of them were knocked down and destroyed when the natives entered a period of warfare among themselves.

Question 5

What role did women play in creation of the Maori Meeting House?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Women wove the decorative tukutuku panels inside the meeting house

Question 6

Who were the early inhabitants of Australia?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Aborigines

Question 7

What do the parts of the image above represent?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Answers may vary.The currents are represented by sticks held together by coconut fibers, and the shells mark the islands on the route.

Question 8

What is moko?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Tattooed designs of the Maori people that became a personal signature.

Question 9

Based on your knowledge from the lesson, what country is this man from?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

New Zealand

Polynesia, The Pacific, and Australia Answers