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. What do the moai figures of Easter Island represent

a. nature deities related to the island environment
b ancestors who have acquired spiritual powers
c. portraits of rulers and community leaders
d. European explorers who visited the region

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Easter Island is famous for its stone statues of human figures, known as moai (meaning “statue”). The island is known to its inhabitants as Rapa Nui. The moai were probably carved to commemorate important ancestors and were made from around 1000 C.E. until the second half of the seventeenth century. So the answer is B
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