Polynesian Expansion Tier 2 & 3 Words

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Across
  1. 4. Maori name for New Zealand.
  2. 6. Conquest and control of a territory and/or indigenous population.
  3. 9. A cluster or chain of islands.
  4. 10. A ring-shaped coral reef island.
  5. 13. How easily something can spoil or decay.
  6. 15. Polynesian name for Easter Island.
  7. 16. Something that makes you want to leave an area.
  8. 17. Can be challenged.
  9. 18. The large group of various peoples from Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Micronesia, Coastal New Guinea, Melanesia, Polynesia and Madagascar.
Down
  1. 1. An ancient culture from Micronesia and Melanesia.
  2. 2. Pacific island groups comprising of Polynesian culture.
  3. 3. The 16 points or directions of a compass.
  4. 5. Pacific region, often defined as Polynesia, with three island groups at its corners: Hawaii, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and New Zealand (Aotearoa).
  5. 7. A mass migration of people by scattering or spreading out.
  6. 8. Acronym for mapping conventions - Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale and Source.
  7. 11. World’s largest ocean.
  8. 12. The people from whom we originated.
  9. 14. Cultural prohibitions or bans.
  10. 16. Something that attracts you to an area.