1. Easter Island
By: Tyler, Dave & Wil

2. Where is it located? It is located off the coast of Chile
Approximately 2,180 miles from Chile

3. Society
The People of Easter Island refer to themselves as Rapanui and their island as Rapa Nui
They are very superstitious/ their religon is more based on experiences more so than faith
They got rid of a good amount of their natural environment for construction/building, which caused a lot of wars and their culture to collapse

4. Population Growth
The Polynesian settlers came to the island between 800 to 900 A.D.
It was estimated that their population was over 15,000

5. Before and after (resources)
At first it was good, the population was growing slowly = No Struggle with resources
Then the island became deforested, and the culture collapsed

6. Before and after (Economy)
They use to go out to sea and fish for Porpoises and other sea animals = good trade for tools and clothing
After the trees were all gone, they could no longer build canoes to go out to sea.

7. Before and after (social)
They use to highly organized, most resources were scattered across the island
Some say that they engaged in cannibalism

8. Before and after (additional info.)
Before/during their rapid growth, they were obbsessed with building the Moai’s
After ,the statues could no longer be built due to

9. http://www. worldatlas. com/webimage/countrys/samerica/easterisland