There were six environmental factors that affected the
Polynesians. These were island climate, geological type, marine resources, area, terrain
fragmentation, and isolation.
The island climate varied
diversely from places where it rained a lot to islands where the rainfall was barely
sufficient for agriculture.
While some islands had a lot of
natural mineral resources and rocks to be used for various purposes, while others barely
rose above the sea and only had a thin layer of sand.
Many
of the islands provided the islanders with access to rich marine resources like fish
etc. while others had very little of the same.
Some of the
islands were small with a few hundred acres of area while larger ones had an area of
over 100,000 square miles.
In terms of isolation, some
islands had ever been visited by anyone except those who lived on them while there were
others with regular contact with other islands for various
purposes.
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