Boat Parts
A pole that rises vertically from a ship and supports the sails
What is a mast?
This country has the first depiction of reed sailboats
This culture sailed so far into the Pacific Ocean that their territory is referred to as the _________ Triangle?
What is Polynesian?
A canoe of a type used originally by the Inuit People, made of a light frame with a watertight covering having a small opening in the top to sit in.
What is a kayak?
What is a rudder?
Which came first: Viking plank canoes, or Greek triremes with square sails?
The Greek Trireme came first (700 BCE) before the Viking Plank canoes (350 BCE)
A typical triangle sailing rig is named after which island in the Caribbean?
Bermuda
Before triangle sails were invented, this tool was necessary to help boats travel upwind
What is a paddle?
The backbone of a boat
What is the keel?
This country invented rudders, centerboards, and bulkheads
What is China?
These winds enables Europeans to sail to the Americas
What are the trade winds?
What does B.C.E. stand for?
Before Common Era
The dorsal fin of an orca or dolphin is similar to this boat part that keeps the boat from drifting sideways
What is a centerboard?
Arabia and Persia invented this shape of sail on their dhow ships in 100 A.D.
What is a triangle sail?
Name the three points of the Polynesian Triangle
Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
During this Chinese dynasty, junk sailing ships were invented
What is the Han Dynasty?
The first boat with a keel was made from this material
What is wood?
The oldest known rock carving of a boat was made during these years
What is 10,000-11,000 B.C.E.?
Polynesian voyagers expanded past this island in 1,500 BCE
What is New Guinea?
The name of the ship that took the first oceanographic (scientific) voyage in 1858?
What is the HMS Challenger?