Starter quiz
- Which word describes a person that travels to places that they have never been before?
- sailor
- passenger
- seafarer
- explorer ✓
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- How did early explorers know which way to go?
- They used maps of the land around them.
- They followed rivers. ✓
- They asked for directions from other people.
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- Early explorers only travelled by foot.
- True
- False ✓
- How do we know early humans used canoes?
- The Pesse Canoe is an example of a canoe made by early humans. ✓
- Early humans had no other types of transport.
- Early humans had to travel on rivers so they must have had a boat.
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- Choose the correct word to complete the sentence. Early explorers carved out the inside of tree trunks to make canoes. This left a __________ space inside the canoe where they would stand.
- big
- hollow ✓
- small
- wide
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- Why did early explorers travel to new places?
- To find new animals to hunt for food ✓
- To have a rest and relax on a break
- To learn a new language
- To find better shelter from bad weather
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Exit quiz
- What do we call a large piece of cloth attached to a boat?
- flag
- sail ✓
- hull
- cotton
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- What is the hard outer shell of a boat called?
- deck
- wood
- hull ✓
- mast
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- What does a navigator do?
- Find a way from one place to another ✓
- Go travelling in new places
- Sail a ship across the sea
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- What is a seafarer?
- a person who often travels by land
- a person who often travels by sea ✓
- a person who often travels by air
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- What did Polynesian explorers use to help them to navigate?
- stars ✓
- computers
- clouds ✓
- maps
- sea creatures ✓
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- What was special about the canoes that Polynesian explorers used?
- They were made from special trees.
- They had a strong hull and sails. ✓
- They were very expensive.
- They were painted bright colours.
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Key learning points
- Some of the earliest seaborne explorers were a group of people known as Polynesians.
- A long time ago Polynesians spread across the Pacific Ocean using canoes that they built.
- These canoes had to have a strong hull and sail to travel across the ocean.
- The Polynesians navigated to new islands by watching the waves and the paths of sea creatures.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that Polynesia is a country.
Polynesia is not one single country. It is a large area of the Pacific Ocean containing lots of different islands.
Keywords
Seafarer - a seafarer is a person who often travels by sea
Navigate - when people navigate, they control where their boat is going
Hull - a boat's hull is its stiff outer shell
Sail - a sail is a large piece of cloth attached to a boat that uses the wind to help the boat move
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