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Easter Island has puzzled people for centuries.”(Innes 4) Easter Island is a tiny island that lies in the southern Pacific Ocean and is 2000 miles west of the coast of Chile and is known as “Rapanui”. The name Easter Island originally came from a Dutch sailor, Jacob Roggeveen, who first visited the island on Easter Sunday, 1722. Easter Island is famous for its remarkable 887 human stone figures with extremely large finely carved heads and round bodies. The monumental statues in Easter Island are known

Many researchers have a general idea of what caused the collapse of Easter Island, a 63-mile Polynesian island, also called Rapa Nui, located in the Pacific nearly four thousand miles west from the country of Chile (Krulwich 2013). Most of whom who investigate the specific aspects that brought Easter Island to its ultimate downfall, which includes extreme deforestation, pests, soil erosion, and a more or less lack of resources, are able to connect this fatal downward spiral to the rest of the world

As a remote island country of only 2,205 inhabitants, it makes sense that most people have never heard of the country. Christmas Island, considered a part of Southeast Asia, is located in the Indian Ocean off the southern coast of Indonesia. To get an idea on the size of this minuscule island in comparison to Washington DC, the 138.9 km long coastline is roughly three quarters the size of the U.S. capital city. There are two seasons that this tropical island experiences throughout the year: a

culture of the Cook Islands came from the various sources of ancient migration, and early land settlement. The islands got its name from a British man named Captain James Cook. He landed on the island in 1773. It was in the 19th century is when missionaries started to come to the islands. They brought with them many sicknesses as well as churches and schools to share the gospel. Through this, the island’s dominate religion is Christianity. In the Cook Islands culture, “all the islands employed a chiefly

hard processes at the Immigration Center, known as Ellis Island. Ellis Island is located on the Hudson River off the New York City Harbor and in between Governor’s Island and the Statue of Liberty. Before receiving the name, “Ellis Island,” he Native Americans called it “Kioshk,” meaning Gull Island, and used it to hunt and gather fish. Samuel Ellis became the island’s private owner in the 1780s. After his death, his family sold the Island to the state of New York. In 1808, as America was preparing

gigantic. With five volcanoes making up the island, the whole place is covered with cooled lava and even some fresh lava. With cool weather and small towns the place is a perfect paradise. MMS Team 8A went to the Big Island and got to explore Hilo town. Hilo town is a small, old town that has cool weather and neat shops. The group got to hike and see the volcano and the crater. They also went to the Jaggar Museum and saw a volcano and the lava in it. Big Island and Oahu are different because of the volcanoes

state to join the United States, is made up of eight main islands contain tourist attractions and historical landmarks. The capital of Hawaii, Honolulu, is where most tourist visits because it is the most advertised. Although, Honolulu is not appealing to me, I would visit the island named Hawai’i (also known as the Big Island) which has many more activities with sights to see. The state of Hawaii has been trying to preserve their islands as much as possible. Some of the natural beaches are made

Stonehenge vs. Easter Island Stonehenge and Easter Island are two very old and interesting mysteries and monuments of the world. Stonehenge is outside of Salisbury, England and is consists of lots of grass and giant, grey stones. This site was made between the times of 1520 B.C.E- 3000 B.C.E. There are many reasons why people think Stonehenge was built. Stonehenge was built it using precise stages of construction. Archaeologists said it could have been used for rituals, traditions or even used as

With the new prison, the U.S. Army ran a rather mild institution with minimum security. “Prisoners spent their days working and learning…Many prisoners worked as gardeners while a select few were employed as babysitters for the children of prison officers (Mahaney, Erin. History and Facts about Alcatraz. About.com). Closing The Great Depression of the 1930s resulted in the already pricey expenses to run the army barracks to almost double. The current prisoners were departed to other prisons in Kansas

Lord of the Flies starts off with these group of schoolboys lost and confused on an deserted island. The boys were on a plane on their way to a safe spot because of the nuclear age but suddenly went down and landed on an island. With the plane going down the adults were in the front, and when the plane split in two the front of the plane landed in the water. The boys looked around but the adults were nowhere to be found. Eventually with time, the boys found out who the major leaders are and who