Easter Island Flashcards
1
Q
What was on Easter Island?
A
hundreds of stone heads
2
Q
How did people come across Easter Island?
A
A thousand years ago Polynesians discovered the island and decided to stay
3
Q
How was it originally?
A
It was a dense rainforest with a lot of rain and fertile soil
4
Q
What happened to the population at first and why?
A
The population grew large (20,000) because of fertile soil and trees attracting rain
5
Q
How did they transport the heads from the volcano?
A
By using tree logs to roll them
6
Q
What did the trees do?
A
keep the fertile soil; regenerate fertile soil; create cool humid air (shade) that attracted rain
7
Q
How many were left afterwards?
A
A few hundred
8
Q
What does advanced technology do?
A
It helps make making it worse easier
