Traditional Polynesian Navigation

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Questions 1 - 10:

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Introduction  

• the islands of Polynesia are in the Pacific Ocean  
• the Polynesian peoples originally migrated from 1 to the Pacific 
islands  
• European explorers were impressed that Polynesian canoes were 2 
than European ships  

Equipment on ocean-going canoes  

• paddles were use for 3  
• sails were made from the pandanus plant  
• warm clothes were made from 4 of the paper mulberry tree  
− How Polynesians navigated at sea  
• they did not have the magnetic compass  
• they remembered where stars rose and set by making up detailed 5
• when it was cloudy, they found the direction by using 6  

Finding new islands  

• they could identify certain 7 that only live near land

• close to land, they could read changes in the sea’s 8

Recent history  

• in 1967 the canoe Hokule’a sailed from Hawaii to Tahiti without 9  
• now replica traditional canoes have sailed across the Pacific and around the world  
• as well as sailing, these voyages have created fresh interest in Polynesian culture, music and 10