Multiple choice

The significance ofPolynesian seafaring is that...

  1. it brought Europeans to thePacific Ocean

  2. earliest open-ocean seafaring beyond sight of land

  3. it introduced the concept of the North Star

  4. Created SCUBA
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Explanation

Polynesian navigators traveled thousands of miles across the open Pacific Ocean using natural cues like stars, waves, and birds, representing the earliest major open-ocean seafaring beyond the sight of land. They did this centuries before European explorers entered the region.

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