The Polynesians
1/1/2022 8:52:00 PM
Do you know?
- Polynesians are an ethnolinguistic group of closely related peoples who are native to Polynesia (islands in the Polynesian Triangle), an expansive region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean.
- They trace their origins to Island Southeast Asia and are part of the larger Austronesian ethnolinguistic group with a Urheimat ultimately from Taiwan.
Let's explore more about them in the following passage!
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The Polynesians were probably the best in the history of the world. They traveled thousands of kilometers across the Pacific Ocean in large boats called "double canoes." They could look at the stars and know which way to go. They also understood the winds and the ocean currents. They made maps of the stars and the ocean currents. They made these maps out of sticks and .
About 4,000 years ago, a group of people lived in southern China. They were a mixture of white, black, and Mongol people. When the Chinese moved farther and farther into the south, these people needed to find safer homes.
Slowly these people left China in their double and started toward the southeast. They took animals and plants with them. A group of people might arrive at an island and stay there until they had children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Then a few families might start traveling again. Some canoes went one way and some another. It took hundreds of years for them to reach all of the islands in Polynesia.
The double canoe is one of the greatest inventions in history. The Polynesians were among the greatest in history. They understood how to sail by the stars and use the winds and ocean . This made them great explorers.
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The Polynesians
The Polynesians were probably the best explorers in the history of the world. They traveled thousands of kilometers across the Pacific Ocean in large boats called "double canoes." They could look at the stars and know which way to go. They also understood the winds and the ocean currents. They made maps of the stars and the ocean currents. They made these maps out of sticks and shells.
About 4,000 years ago, a group of people lived in southern China. They were a mixture of white, black, and Mongol people. When the Chinese moved farther and farther into the south, these people needed to find safer homes.
Slowly these people left China in their double canoes and started toward the southeast. They took animals and plants with them. A group of people might arrive at an island and stay there until they had children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Then a few families might start traveling again. Some canoes went one way and some another. It took hundreds of years for them to reach all of the islands in Polynesia.
The double canoe is one of the greatest inventions in history. The Polynesians were among the greatest sailors in history. They understood how to sail by the stars and use the winds and ocean currents. This made them great explorers.
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Where did the Polynesians come from in the beginning?
- The Pacific Ocean
- Southern China
- Southeast China
- The islands in Polynesia
What is true about the travel of the Polynesians?
- They traveled from one group of islands to another very quickly.
- Some people died on the way to new islands because of disease.
- They worried that the Chinese would hurt them so they traveled.
- They traveled constantly until they reached all of the islands in Polynesia.
Why were the Polynesians great explorers?
- They were a mixture of white, black, and Mongol people.
- They used a lot of modern equipment.
- They had many generations.
- They knew how to sail by understanding and using nature.
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