Using the evidence: Solution

Question 1

According to this source, which of the following gives the correct order of settlement?

Solution:

1. Cook Islands, New Zealand, Pitcairn, Easter Island
2. Samoa, Tahiti, Hawaii, New Zealand
3. Tahiti, Cook Islands, Niue, New Zealand
4. Tonga, Hawaii, Marquesas, Tahiti

Answer:

1. Cook Islands, New Zealand, Pitcairn, Easter Island
2. Samoa, Tahiti, Hawaii, New Zealand

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Question 2

Which of these pieces of evidence suggests that the Polynesian’s discovery of islands was not by accident?

Solution:

1. DNA evidence of where they came from
2. Logs kept by the Polynesian navigators
3. Pigs and chickens were taken on voyages
4. The design of their waka

Answer:

1. Pigs and chickens were taken on voyages
2. The design of their waka

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Question 3

Critics of Thor Heyerdahl have argued that sweet potatoes could have travelled from South America to Polynesia with the help of:

Solution:

1. birds
2. currents
3. European explorers
4. winds

Answer:

1. birds

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Question 4

Which of the following does not add to our knowledge of the early movement of Polynesian peoples?

Solution:

1. DNA analysis
2. Diary entries
3. Pottery pieces
4. Tupaia’s experience with the Maori people

Answer:

1. Diary entries

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