Archipelago state of mind: how well do you know Austronesians?

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  Which continent did the Austronesians not visit?

  • A.
    Australia
  • B.
    Africa
  • C.
    South America
  • D.
    Europe
• 2.
  Where do Austronesians originate from?

  • A.
    South America via Java
  • B.
    South America via Papua New Guinea
  • C.
    Fiji, via Java
  • D.
    Taiwan, via the Philippines
  • E.
    Sumatra, via the Philippines
• 3.
  Austronesians were not the first humans to settle:

  • A.
    New Zealand
  • B.
    Hawaii
  • C.
    the Philippines
  • D.
    Madagascar
• 4.
  Today 300 million Austronesian speakers are classified into 14 linguistic subfamilies, how many of those subfamilies are found on Taiwan?

  • A.
    1
  • B.
    4
  • C.
    10
  • D.
    13
• 5.
  What crop did the Austronesians abandon as they moved east into the Pacific?

  • A.
    Rice
  • B.
    Taro
  • C.
    Sorghum
  • D.
    Wheat
• 6.
  How many millennia did the Austronesian migrations span?

  • A.
    One
  • B.
    Two
  • C.
    Three
  • D.
    Four
  • E.
    Five
• 7.
  Genetically Austronesians are closest to:

  • A.
    The people of southern China
  • B.
    The people of New Guinea
  • C.
    Siberians
  • D.
    Indigenous South Americans
• 8.
  What percent of people in Taiwan today are Austronesian?

  • A.
    2
  • B.
    20
  • C.
    50
  • D.
    90
• 9.
  Which archaeological culture is the precursor of the modern Polynesians?

  • A.
    Dong Son
  • B.
    Lapita
  • C.
    Natufian
  • D.
    Clovis
  • E.
    Tibetan
• 10.
  Which ethnolinguistic group clearly predated Austronesians in Southeast Asia?

  • A.
    Austro-Asiatic
  • B.
    Tai-Kadai
  • C.
    Hmong-Mien
  • D.
    Chinese
• 11.
  How long had human expansion in the eastern Pacific stalled before the arrival of the Austronesians?

  • A.
    2,000 years
  • B.
    12,000 years
  • C.
    22,000 years
  • D.
    32,000 years
  • E.
    42,000 years
• 12.
  Austronesian loan words are attested in:

  • A.
    Indigenous Australian Pama-Nyungan languages
  • B.
    East African Bantu languages
  • C.
    Neither
  • D.
    Both
• 13.
  The sweet potato has been cultivated in the New Guinea's interior for centuries, because:

  • A.
    Europeans brought it as an extension of the Columbian Exchange
  • B.
    Polynesians brought it from South America
  • C.
    It is native to New Guinea
  • D.
    None of the above

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Whole worlds await your discovery!

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  Looks like the Austronesians' world is a bit of a terra incognita to you still!
• 2.
  Austronesia is clearly on your radar, but it looks like you're ready to dive deeper!

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  You know a thing or two about the world's greatest maritime culture!
• 3.
  No fooling you, you know your Austronesians!

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  You come well provisioned, join our exploration deep into the millennial history of Austronesian seafaring and genetics.