Finalised HASS Flashcards
What is the Haka?
The Haka is a traditional Maori dance performed: to retell stories and victories
- prior to battle or sports
- series of vigorous movements
- to scare off the enemy or opposition
Navigating
Polynesians were excellent navigators
- Various types of navigation
- Migration of birds
- Waves (waves curled towards near land)
- Clouds (clouds are darker above the land)
- Star Constellations (pointed directions)
- Prepared for long journeys
- Double-hulled canoes
- Carried lots of food and resources
- The Great Fleet
- 8 canoes (7 carrying people and 1 supply)
Where is Polynesia located?
Polynesia is a triangle in Pacific Ocean.
- corners are Hawaii in the North, Aoteara/New Zealand in the South-Western corner and Rapa Nui/Easter Island in the East.
- located in a cold climate-makes crops hard to grow
Moa Bird
- extinct due to overhunting
- used for meat, bones used for carving, feathers for clothing
- egg shells used for carrying water
What is Rahui?
Rahui is a type of tapu.
- used to protect the environment
- sustainable practice
- helped balance quantity of resources
- banned certain resources for limited time
What is Tapu?
- LAW
- sacred or forbidden
Describe the facial tattooing
Traditional Maori Tattooing - tamoko
- showed status in society
- unlike tattooing where skin is punctured, tamoko is carving the skin
- different designs and shapes of tamoko identify tribes and ranks
Carving
Carved faces of gods
- Human gure
Describe the Pa
The word pa means fortified village
- the Maori people thought hard before deciding where to construct it
- built on hills - easy to see enemies (advantage)
- palisade - tall fences built for defence
- situated around water (transport and food)
Buildings in the Pa
Whare runanga - meeting house
whare wanaga - learning house
whare whakairo - Rangatira’s home
pataka - storage house on platforms which protect food, valuables and
Describe the Rakau Whakapapa
club owned by the ariki
- special carvings which held significant genealogy
- geometric designs and shapes
Patu
Held by chief
- sometimes made of greenstone
- held important tribal history and records
What was the name of the boats used in the Polynesian Expansion?
Double hulled canoes
- carried many people
- carried many supplies and resources
How were the Polynesians well prepared?
- carried many supplies, resources and food in the parallel hulls
- they knew which way they were navigating used reliable navigation methods
What were the roles of women and children?
Women:
Weaved flax
raised children
Children:
garden
gather food
learned from elders like the tohunga
