Pacific Islands Research Paper

The islands in the Pacific Ocean are divided into three ethnic groups the Melanesian, Micronesian and the Polynesians. What these islands have that are different between each other are the reason why these islands are divided into groups when they can be united as one. One of the reasons are the size of the islands and another reason would be their language.
Lets start with the Polynesian culture the word Polynesia has a meaning to it back in the whole Pacific islands as you already know poly means five or more. The islands that are well known throughout the world like Hawai'i this island has eight total islands. During the 18th century the European explorers arrived the Polynesian islands when the missionaries were teaching the islanders about God. Parts of the Polynesian islands were claimed by various countries like Britain, France, Germany, and United States. Over the time when the missionaries arrived the islands, Christianity increased in many islanders lives and so then they began to build churches and share the …show more content…
Christianity was a major change in their lives and living an urban life.This culture didn’t have the capacity to learn to write because they were mostly hunters and gatherers that lived in the tropical rainforests of New Guinea, but they did tell stories of how they lived and kept their culture alive to this day. Due to not having education like the other islands had the Melanesians just kept doing things that knew best which was surviving. Their appearance is also different just like their customs compared to other islands and I say this because for the other islands in the Micronesian and Polynesian cultures you would see tribal tattoos which symbolizes bravery and attractiveness as opposed to the Melanesians they use face and body paint along with wigs and