Carefully read the material from the linked file below
Respond to the following prompts and questions:
How do historians believe that humans ended up settling the islands of Oceania? What debate surrounds this question?
What were the most important innovations that allowed migrations across Oceania?
In general, how did communities in this region organize themselves?
How does the article describe gender relations in societies in Oceania?
What evidence do the authors use to argue that Oceania was not separated from the rest of the world?
Do a deeper dive into one of the Oceania regions. There are currently 14 islands comprising the Oceania region. List these regions. Choose one (1) and discuss the “discovery” of the island. How did discovery impact the culture and how do the indigenous peoples honor their history today?
What economic impact does your chosen island have in the world today?
Discuss their government and its role in world affairs.
Specifications for this assignment:
Each response should be in paragraph format with proper citations after each paragraph. The responses for the first five (5) questions/prompts should come directly from the readings. Your response should provide quotes from the text to corroborate your response. Your answer cannot be all quoted material. You must provide your own thoughts before explaining how you came to that conclusion. In other words: Do Not Copy/Paste your responses.
The last response will be based on outside research and as such should have proper citations for all sources used. Provide website links along with the day you accessed the material. Your response to the last prompt should be a least five paragraphs in length, with each section of the prompt fully covered.
