Year 8 Unit 2 Assessment/Classwork/Homework:

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What happened to the people of Easter Island?

1.Easter Island is 2000 miles (3200 kilometres) from the nearest land

2.The Island is 8 miles wide x 8 miles long. (13kmx13km)

3.The Island was a tropical paradise - until humans arrived

4.The population of the Island grew to 10,000

5.Fantastic statues had been carved by people

6.These statues are standing up to 6 miles away from where they were carved.

7.These people must have been clever, talented and organised

8.Great technical knowledge would have been needed to move the statues.

9.An explorer arrived in 1722 and found people fighting and starving.

5. For many years trees and their roots and leaves protected the soil from erosion by rain and water

6. The volcanic soil was at first very fertile (good for growing food)

8. Only 2000 - 3000 people were living the island when Admiral Roggeveen landed in 1722.

7. When food becomes scarce – people try to move to other places to find more food.

9. Roggeveen found a group of people living very basic lives in caves and huts

13. The first people to land there 1600 years ago – (400AD) were experienced sailors

3. In 1722 Admiral Roggeveen found that many statues had been damaged

2. No trees could be found on the Island in 1722.

12. Some people think the statues were moved by being rolled along something

10. Before 1722 there were 10,000 people living on the Island

11. In the remains of fires they found human bones.

4. The first boats used by the early people were made from wood and reeds

1. Before the first people arrived the island was covered in tropical forest

Describe what the island was like when the Admiral and his crew arrived?

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What is the evidence that the first people were clever, creative and healthy?

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Where did the first people get their food from?

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Task 2: TimelineUsing some of the boxes 1 - 13 on the opposite page put what you think happened in the right order below.

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Date What happened

400AD

700AD

1000AD

1300AD

1600AD

1722AD

1800AD

1900AD

Task 1

Task 3 :

What could the Islanders have done to live sustainably? Write a simple plan.

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Task 4:

Is what happened on the island similar to what is happening in the ‘global village’ called Earth?

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Level 3 (D) You select information from the booklet and answer most of Task 1.You simply describe what you think happened to Easter Island in both Task 1 and 2You use some geographical words to explain what you mean

Level 4 (C) - All of ‘Level 3’ plus:You produce a simple plan for how the resources on Easter Island could have been used sustainably You mention briefly links between Easter Island and what could happen globally

Level 5 (B) - All of ‘Level 4’ plus:Your plan is logical and looks at ALL the resources available You explain links between Easter Island and what could happen globally

Level 6 (A) – All of ‘Level 5’ plus:Your plan is logical and detailed and looks at ALL the resources available - Q2

Level 7 (A*) – All of ‘Level 6’ plus:You appreciate we must plan and manage all environments (sustainable development) to make sure the world has a future

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