Kon-Tiki Movie (part 1) quiz

 When we see Thor Heyerdahl (the main character) as an adult in 1937 in the beginning of the movie, where he - what part of the world?

• Fatu Hiva, Polynesia

• Chicago, USA

• Tokyo, Japan

 When we see Thor Heyerdahl (the main character) as an adult in 1937 in the beginning of the movie, where he - what part of the world?

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• Fatu Hiva, Polynesia
• Chicago, USA

• Tokyo, Japan

When Thor’s wife asks him how scientists believe that Polynesia was populated, what is the hypothesis she gives?

• People traveled south from Alaska

• People paddled east from Asia - against the currents

When Thor’s wife asks him how scientists believe that Polynesia was populated, what is the hypothesis she gives?

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• People traveled south from Alaska

• People paddled east from Asia - against current

Thor points out that a species of plant was found in Polynesia when white Europeans first arrived, but that same plant was already known to grow in South America.

What was that plant?

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Thor points out that a species of plant was found in Polynesia when white Europeans first arrived, but that same plant was already known to grow in South America.

What was that plant?

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Thor asks a Polynesian man how his people came to the islands.  The man said their Sun-God led them there from the east.

What was the name of their god?

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Thor asks a Polynesian man how his people came to the islands.  The man said their Sun-God led them there from the east.

What was the name of their god?

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The scientist Thor asks for help tells him that “Wise men agree Polynesia could not have been populated from the east”

Where does Thor think that the Polynesians came from originally?

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The scientist Thor asks for help tells him that “Wise men agree Polynesia could not have been populated from the east”

Where does Thor think that the Polynesians came from originally?

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