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Two marine engineering breakthroughs;
-outrigger added to coastal canoes.
-g-aff boom, enabling an outrigger to tack
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What are three characteristics of the lapita that enabled to migrate to island throughout Oceania?
1. They were master sailors. 2. They were great boat builders. 3. They had a good understanding of the stars navigate.
Oceania was first colonized by the and then by the?
Lapita and the Polynesians
It is believed the original explorers of Oceania were the Lapita who came from?
taiwan
What are three characteristics of the Lapita people that enbaled them to migrate to islands throughout Oceania?
1. They were master sailors. 2. They were great boat builders. 3. They had a good understanding of the stars navigate.
What prevented the Lapita and Polynesians from developing an empire in Oceania and nearby regions of the world?
The areas of ocean between land.
What two islands did the Lapita travel to before settling down?
The Lapita people first traveled to Vanuatu and New Caledonia before settling down in other parts of the Pacific islands. These migrations are believed to have occurred around 3,000-3,500 years ago.
Who was the first person to rule the Fiji Islands?
The Lapita people of South East Asia.
Who was the founder of the Fiji islands?
According to Wikipedia, Fiji was inhabitate by the Lapita People(Asians) some 130million years ago.
Where did the Lapita people come from?
The lapita people made lapita pottery and tools such as stone adzes
Who were the ancestors of the Polynesians and the Maori?
Polynesians are believed to have descended from Austronesian-speaking peoples who originated in Taiwan and migrated across the Pacific. The Maori are a specific Polynesian group who are thought to have originated in eastern Polynesia before migrating to New Zealand. Both groups share ancestry and cultural connections with other Pacific island populations.
Who settled melanesia?
the Lapita potters
The Lapita had a very distinctive type of?
Ceramics.
