Samoan Art History- Questions

Samoan Art History- Questions

Please read the article on Samoa here before answering the questions.

Tyler Veau: Storyteller

1) This week we are learning about art from...

a) Samoa b) Tonga

c) Fiji d) Niue

2) What is Tatau?

a)  Weaving b) Tattooing

c)  Painting d) Carving

3) What is needed for Tatau?

a) Flax b) Paint and Paper

c) ‘Au and Ink c) Wood

4) What can be represented in a Tatau?

a) Family b) The person’s background

c) Culture d) Values

5) What is another name for a pattern or symbol?

a) An illustration b) a picture

c) A motif d) an idea

How Tatau came to Samoa

6) What is the name of Tatau for women?

a) Pe’a b) Malu

7) Where do you find this type of Tatau on the body?

on your Legs 

8) In which ocean will you find Samoa?

a) Atlantic Ocean b) Southern Ocean

c) Pacific Ocean d) Tasman Sea

9) According to Samoan storytelling, where did

the twins, Tilafaigā and Taemā, learn about the art of Tatau?

→ savai’i 

10) According to the story, why was it only men who got tattooed in Samoa for many years?

→  the woman got the words to the song wrong 

Niuean Hiapo Design

This week is the niuean language week. I have designed a niuean Hiapo on google drawings. 

Niuean History- Questions 1728

 Niuean History- Questions 1728 

Please read the article on Niue here before answering the questions.

1) This week it is _____ language week.

a) Samoan b) Tongan

c) Fijian d) Niuean

2) What is Niue often referred to as?

a) The sun spot of Polynesia b) The Rock of Polynesia

c) The tiny island nation d) The heart of the Pacific

3) Who was the first European settler to sight Niue?

a) Captain James Cook b) Captain Jack Sparrow

c) Captain James Busby c) Captain Hook

i) When did he sight Niue?

→ 1744

4) What is the name of the Niuean bark cloth?

a) Hiapo b) Tapa Cloth

c) Print d) Patterns

5) Describe what a motif is:

→  pattern  and artwork 

6) Niueans were the first to introduce what to their hiapo?

a) Animals b) Names

c) People d) Flowers

7) How many attempts did Captain Cook make to land in Niue? 

a) Three b) Two

c) None d) One

Types of Māori - Questions

 Types of Māori - Questions

Please read the article on here before answering the questions.

1) What are the 4 main Māori art forms

→ carving (whakairo), tattooing (ta moko), weaving (raranga), and painting (peita). 

2) Which of these were not a typical material that Māori used for carving?

a) Wood

b) Bone

c) Stone

d) Flax

3) What is Pounamu

a) Flax Leaves

b) Kauri Wood

c) Whale Bone

d) Greenstone

4) Traditionally Ta Moko was done with a what?

a) Tattoo needle

b) Chisel

5) Where did women traditionally get tattooed?

→ Women were usually tattooed only on the lips and chin

6) What was weaving used to create?

→  panels in meeting houses

7) Why did feather cloaks become more difficult to create?

→ The feather cloak a more difficult item to produce

8) Painting was mostly used for?
a) Fake tattoos

b) Tagging

c) Decoration

d) Portraits

Who were the Maori - Questions

Who were the Maori - Questions

Please read the article on Antarctica here before answering the questions.

1) The Maori people are

a) descendants of the Polynesian voyagers who travelled to and settled in New Zealand 700 years ago

b) are the indigeouns people of New Zealand who have lived here for 1000’s of years

2) What is a hot topic of debate amongst New Zealand historians

a) The exact date that Maori traveled to New Zealand

b) The exact number of Waka that travelled to New Zealand

c) Both a & b

d) None of the above

3) Do Historians know for sure where Maori people came from before travelling to New Zealand?

a) Yes b) No

i) Why do you think that is?

→ Because the maori people can’t just show up out of the blue . 

4) What does ‘Oral tradition’ mean?

a) Telling stories b) Retelling history through story telling

c) Brushing your teeth

5) Why were early settlements near harbours, mouths of rivers, or the sea?

→ because the people wanted to hunt for seals and the large birds named the moa 

6) Which is bigger?

a) Seal b) Moa

7) As well as through Oral tradition, what is another way the Maori share their stories? 

a) Books b) Blogs

c) Art d) Podcasts 

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Bermuda Triangle Scientific Theory - Questions

Bermuda Triangle Scientific Theory - Questions

Please read the article on Antarctica here before answering the questions.

Outrageous Theories

1) Some people believe that ________

a) Aliens have abducted ships b) Mr Goodwin abducted the ships

c) Chickens have abducted ships d) They believe nothing

2) What do people think that the energy crystals do to ships and planes? 

a) Make them navitage straight b) Make them navigate backwards

c) Confuse the controls on ships and planes d) They do nothing

Humans make mistakes

3) What is one thing scientists believe? 

a) Humans never make mistakes b) The ships and planes fly themselves

c) Humans make mistakes d) Nothing, they believe nothing. 

4) What do scientists think happened to the ships and planes?

a) The were accidentally sunk b) They ran away from the captain

c) They were taken by aliens d) Mr Goodwin steals them all

Weather Conditions

5) There are often what in the Bermuda Triangle? 

a) Wild weather patterns b) Aliens roaming around

c) Sharks attacking ships d) Calm seams 

6) What kind of forces do scientists believe can disrupt the compass? 

a) Radio b) Magnetic 

c) Chocolate d) Let the Force be with you

7) What can the magnetic forces do?

a) Disrupt people dancing b) Disrupt people sleeping

c) Disrupt the controls and radios d) Nothing at all.

Every Day Travel

8) What happens every day in the Bermuda Triangle?

a) Animals put on shows b) People swim through it 

c) Nothing at all happens d) Ships and planes travel over it 

9) What strengthens the theories of scientists?   

a) The weather b) Mr Goodin’s claims

c) Every day travel d) Disney Land