Wayfinders Early Polynesian Navigators Assignment FINAL

How many million square kilometres did the original navigators sail from Hawai'i?

• 160

• 40

• 3

• 4

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which direction  did tradewinds blow sea swells to guide the early Wayfinders?

• Northwest or Southwest direction

• North facing direction

• Depending on the northern star, primarily the west!

• Northeast or Southeast direction

Which 2 main Compass points does the Sun point out?

• South and North

• Southeast and Southwest

• East and West

• It doesn't, it actually points out all four Compass points North, South, East and West

What is the name of the Star that always has a fixed position in the sky as the earth rotates ?

• The Southern Star

• Kupe

• The Eastern Star

• The Northern Star