Vocabulary Study 20

....................................... on the origin of these Pacific islanders began as soon as outsiders encountered them.

• domestication

• deprecation

• deliberation

• speculation

In 1947 Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl .............. on a raft westward with the winds and currents across the Pacific from South America.

• domesticated

• drifted

• prevailed

• derived

The ................. evidence of physical anthropology, linguistics, and archaeology shows that the Pacific islanders came from Southeast Asia.

• overwhelming

• prerequisite

• mutual

• maritime

Among the basic cultural requirements for the successful colonization of the Pacific islands is a varied inventory of fishing ........................... and techniques.

• westwards

• overseas

• feats

• implements

The culture also possessed the basic foundation for an effective ............. adaptation, including canoes and a variety of fishing techniques that could be effective for overseas voyaging.

• scattered

• maritime

• fanciful

• undisputed

It is now generally believed that these peoples speaking Austronesian languages began to ............... in Southeast Asia by about 5000 b.c.e.

• emerge

• drift

• implement

• speculate

The basic cultural requirements for the successful colonization of the Pacific islands include ..................... plants and gardening skills suited to often marginal conditions.

• drifting

• domesticated

• prevailing

• scattered

The Pacific islanders were skilled enough as navigators to sail against the ............................ winds and currents.

• fanciful

• marooning

• implementing

• prevailing

In the absence of solid linguistic, archaeological, and biological data, many fanciful and ........... exclusive theories were devised.

• overwhelmingly

• fancifully

• mutually

• undisputedly

Many older theories implicitly .............the navigational abilities and overall cultural creativity of the Pacific islanders.

• deprecated

• emerged

• scattered

• marooned