Polynesia and Petra Review

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Across
  1. 1. The Nabataeans construced over _________ (two words) miles of canals to divert water into their city.
  2. 5. Recent archaeological evidence shows that the Nabataean population collapsed due to an unknown ________.
  3. 10. The name of the native people of New Zealand.
  4. 12. The native people of New Zealand are considered to be of _________ descent.
  5. 15. The first Europeans landed on Rapa Nui on _______, in 1722.
  6. 17. By Darwin's arrival, the _______ rat had largely out-competed the Polynesian rat on New Zealand.
  7. 18. The Nabataean civilization was located in the Negev _______.
Down
  1. 2. Jared Diamond's _______ hypothesis of the collapse of Rapanui society has largely been disproven.
  2. 3. The _______ Islands lie at the northern tip of the Polynesian Triangle.
  3. 4. The majority of Rapa Nui's native trees were _____ trees.
  4. 6. The name of the stone statues on Rapa Nui.
  5. 7. The Maori often used the Polynesian rat for _____.
  6. 8. The Nabataeans carved huge ________ underground to store water that they kept secret from outsiders.
  7. 9. The introduction of rats to New Zealand negatively affected several species of ________ birds.
  8. 11. According to _______, all populations will eventually outgrow their ability to feed themselves.
  9. 12. The Nabataeans carved the buildings and temples of _______ out of the stone cliffs.
  10. 13. The Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl hypothesized that Polynesians originated from _______ America.
  11. 14. The Maori name of the Polynesian rat.
  12. 16. Less than _______ percent of the human remains on Rapa Nui show signs of violence.