Mysterious Easter Island

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1. What country does Easter Island belong to? Britain Argentina Chile Ecuador

2. What is the nearest land? Pitcairn Island Tahiti Chile Sala y Gomez Island

3. What is the proper name for the stone heads? moai toki ruff ahus

4. How big is Easter Island? 27 square miles 64 square miles 108 square miles 93 square miles.

5. True or false? According to legends, the stone heads brought good luck and long life to its builders. True False

6. What was the name of the quarry where the heads were made? Rano Raraku Ranarkro Karo Kantuna Momolo Mek

7. How did the original inhabitants of Easter Island get there? By kayak By outrigger canoe They swam They walked, when the continents were all one continent

8. True or False? The original name of the island, "Te Pito te o Henua", means "The Navel and the Uterus." True False

9. The two distinct groups of people on the island were the Hanau Eepe and the Hanau Momoko. Hanau Eepe means "thickset race" or "short, fat people." What does Hanau Momoko mean? "towering race" or "tall people" "slender race" or "thin people" "hairy race" or "furry people" "intelligent race" or "smart people"

10. What was estimated to be the highest the native population ever rose to? 20,000 15,000 9,000 2,000

11. Who was the first European to see Easter Island? Jacob Roggeveen Magellan James Cook George Vancouver

12. In 1808 an American ship captured 22 islanders to sell as slaves. What was the name of the ship? Nancy Mary Priscilla Joyce

13. True or False? Easter Island was renamed Rapa Iti in 1863. True False

14. What is the name of Easter Island's hieroglyphic writing? Raranturar Tepano Rongorongo Kolarkolar

15. What were the two main diseases that killed many islanders in the nineteenth century? influenza and the plague tuberculosis and smallpox smallpox and influenza the plague and tuberculosis

16. In the 1860s a missionary settled on the island, started a sheep ranch and declared himself king. What was his nationality? Spanish French German British

17. True or False? In 1955 Thor Heyerdahl, a Norwegian explorer, claimed that South Americans were the island's first settlers. True False

18. When was Easter Island made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO? 1998 1996 1997 1995

19. What is the town on Easter Island called? Municipality of Rapanui Roto Harla Rargor Rata Hanga Roa

20. True or False? In 1985, NASA established Easter Island as a Space Shuttle Rescue Site, so if the space shuttle has to crash in the Pacific Ocean a rescue team will be able to get there quickly. True False