Polynesian Wayfinders - Navigation of the Ocean
Across
- 5. One key way we know information about Polynesian voyagers is through oral ______.
- 7. What type of boat did Wayfinders use to travel?
- 10. What were navigators keen observers of?
- 11. By day, what could navigators identify using the rocking motion of their canoes?
- 12. Polynesian Wayfinders saw the ocean as a series of ________ using their natural navigation guides.
- 13. True or False: some historians believed that voyagers set sail to avoid over-population.
- 14. What is a navigational aid that the sky provides which is much closer to Earth?
Down
- 1. The Pacific Ocean covered 160 ______ square kilometres.
- 2. High masses of clouds indicated ______ islands.
- 3. Canoe building involved the whole ______.
- 4. What is the English translation for 'Wa'a Kaulua' canoes?
- 6. What did navigators use at night?
- 8. What was the name of the constellation that navigators used?
- 9. How many quadrants did voyagers divide the sky into?
- 10. What direction does Hokupa'a always indicate?