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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?

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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?

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Who was the first person to rule the Fiji Islands?

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What two islands did the Lapita travel to before settling down?

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Who was the founder of the Fiji islands?

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Where did the Lapita people come from?

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