Wayfinders Early Polynesian Navigators Assignment FINAL

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Social Studies, Geography
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3rd - 5th Grade
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Thelo Meleisea
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How many million square kilometres did the original navigators sail from Hawai'i?
160
40
3
4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the early Polynesian navigators use to direct their voyages? (2 correct answers)
The Sun, moon, stars and clouds primarily
Ocean Swells and the patterns of when the Sun rose and went down
GPS
Wet their finger and out in the air
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In 1500BC when the early Polynesian navigators first started exploring the Pacific, which part of the world did they start from?
Hawai'i
China
Tonga
Southeast Asis
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The success of each of the early Voyages depended on what 3 main things below? (Choose one)
That the 1. community agreed to build the canoe, 2. attitude and 3. courage
1. Respect 2. Brains 3. commitment
The skill of the navigator, the weather and also how well built the canoe was
1. The wind 2. Upwind swells 3. Atolls
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Wa'a Kaulua was an example of what?
A single hulled Canoe with 2 oars
A type of Hawai'ian drink
A double hulled Canoe, powered by Sails and steered by single oar
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Early Polynesian Wayfinders used the "Star Compass" to plot out directions to new destinations, how many quadrants and sub houses were there (look at diagram to the left)
The Ho'olua Quadrant and Koolau quadrants are the only quadrants that matter
4 Quadrants, consisting of 32 houses
3 quadrants, consisting of 16 houses each half
6 all up and 50 houses
Answer explanation
Read here about Nainoa
Thompson
https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/622-the-star-compass-kapehu-whetu
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
True or False. The early canoes used by the Polynesian Wayfinders, was built by everyone in the community?
True. Everyone in the community participated in the construction of the early canoes
False. Only the Top minds and fisherman were allowed to work on the early canoes
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