Migration and Navigation

Outrigger canoes could be up to _______ feet long.

• 25

• 50

• 100

• 1,000

Today we use _________ to solve the problem of navigation.

• A sextant

• Global Positioning System (GPS)

• Our heads

• Birds

The founder effect explains how...

• Animals find new habitats to live on.

• People are able to find new islands.

• People may have a different skin color when settling a new island.

• Ladybugs fly to new habitats.

Traditional Polynesian boats were called ___________ canoes.

• Surfing

• Rafting

• Kayak

• Outrigger

The _________ were the FIRST group to migrate/settle some of the Pacific Islands.

• Australoids

• Austronesians

• Australians

The SECOND group of people to migrate/settle the other Pacific Islands were the _______________.

• Australoids

• Austronesians

• Australians

The _____________ was the group that led to the Polynesians that would settle places like New Zealand, Tahiti, Cook Islands, and Hawaii.

• Australoids

• Austroneasians

• Australians

The two main problems with navigation are...

Choose TWO answers.

• Finding the direction the ship is going.

• Finding out how fast you are going.

• Finding the exact position of the ship.

• Finding out how much food and water you have left.

What is NOT one method scientists find useful in helping to trace migration?

• DNA mapping

• Language studies

• Racial studies (how people look)

• Cultural tools and artifacts

Scientists thought that the main reason for Pacific Islanders to migrate was... *no longer true, NOT the main reason

• People were bored

• Overpopulation

• War

• Weather was too cold