Response to Text: Landmarks in Tonga

 Response to text: 

Landmarks in Tonga

Highlight the correct answer or write down the appropriate response.

1. What is the Trilithon in Tonga known as?

a) Ha'amonga ‘A Maui b) The Burden of Maui

c) Stonehenge of the Pacific d) All of the above

2. Who is the monument in honour of?

a) King Tupou VI and his sons b) Queen Salote and her sons

c) King Tu’itātui and his sons d) Maui and his sons

3. Explain in your own words why the Cave in Eua is called ‘Ana ‘Ahu - the Smoking Cave. 

→      A waterfall works its way down in the sinkhole causing a steam cloud that kind of looks like smoke. That is how the Ana’Ahu got its name.

4. True or False:”The Royal Palace has many visitors throughout the year, however they can only look at it from the water.”

a) True b) False

5. The blowholes in Tongatapu shoots waves up to what distance?

a) 40m b) 30m

c) 20m d) It doesn’t shoot blowholes

6. Ha’apai is made up of around 60 uninhabited islands. Explain why many people wouldn’t live on these islands?

→It has a steep sided active volcano on the island that is also a bird sanctuary.

7. Explain what the difference is between natural and man-made landmarks.

→Natural landmarks are when they were just normally like that and it wasn’t built or made by people. Man-made landmarks mean they were made by people and they weren’t normally there on the island when nobody touched it. Like the rock Ha’amonga’a Maui