Key Terms for Polynesian Expansion

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Across
  1. 4. the contestants in the annual Birdman contest
  2. 5. 'small island'
  3. 9. the related languages spoken in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
  4. 11. the original name for the statues on Easter Island
  5. 12. a group of islands clustered together
  6. 13. 'many islands'
  7. 14. restricted, forbidden or sacred
  8. 15. a story explaining how the world came into existence
Down
  1. 1. the red topknots on Easter Island statues
  2. 2. upper class and chiefs of Polynesian society
  3. 3. 'black islands'
  4. 6. the large stone platforms supporting the moai
  5. 7. a canoe with a log attached for stability in rough seas
  6. 8. a word or symbol chiselled into stone
  7. 10. the tile given to the clan chief whose hopu won the Bridman contest