HWST107
Cosmogony
1. A creation story of the world
True
10. The ancient Polynesians cultivates a wide variety of plants such as: taro, breadfruits, yams, and bananas
Makahiki
100. Season dedicated to Lono, Kau was placed on war, ceremonies in the heiau ceased and all unnecessary work stopped
False (no mangoes)
11. The first Polynesians brought yams, mangoes, and sugar cane to Hawaiʻi
Taro, bananas, sugar cane, coconuts, breadfruits, and sweet potato
12. When the Polynesians settled Hawaiʻi, they brought:
ʻĪlio (dog), moa (chicken), puaʻa (pig), ʻiole (rat)
13. Polynesians deliberately brought all of the following:
True
14. Taiwan is believed by scientists to be the "homeland" of the Polynesians
Stars, clouds, waves, ocean currents, wind, weather conditions, birds, and sea creatures
15. What are the various skills used by the navigations to find their way without charts or instruments?
Famine, war, and curiosity
16. Why might the Polynesian have left their homeland?
Hōkūleʻa
17. The name of the Polynesian voyaging canoe that in 1976 retraced the legendary voyaging route from Hawai'i to Tahiti
Nainoa Thompson
18. What is the name of the navigator from Hawaiʻi who navigated this Polynesian voyaging canoe from Hawaiʻi to Tahiti then back again?
Mau Piailug from Satawal, Micronesia
19. Who was the Polynesian navigator on the first Hōkūleʻa voyage?
The Earth Mother
2. According to many Polynesian creation stories, Papa is
True
20. The Hōkūleʻa proved that Polynesians could sail against the wind and the waves.
1976
21. When was the first voyage of the Hōkūleʻa?
Tahiti (South Sea Islands)
22. Where did the Hōkūleʻa sail to on its first voyage?
False; from Hiva (Marquesas)
23. Polynesians migrated to Hawai'i from Tokelau.
False; from Polynesia
24. Kalo (taro) is from Southeast Asia
Coconut husk rope
25. Sennit is
Sap for glue
26. Breadfruit was used for
Rope
27. Coconut was used for
Hull of the canoe
28. Koa was used for
Leaves for sails
29. Pandanus was used for
The Sky Father
3. According to many Polynesian creation stories, Wākea is
Satawal, Carolinas, Micronesia
30. What island is Mau Piailug from?
The man who only knows how to sail
31. Palu is
The man who knows both sailing and magic
32. Po is
Is responsible for all on board
33. According to Mau Piailug, the navigator:
True
34. On Satawal, a navigator who only knows how to sail is called palu
Lapita Pottery
35. What is the most important archaeological clue to the actual voyaging routes of the first Pacific settlers
True
36. Lapita culture was traceable due to distinct, geometric designs on their weapons
True
37. Lapita pottery found in New Caledonia, supports the idea the Polynesians came from SE Asia
Roger Green
38. Discovered evidence of Lapita pottery
Thor Heyerdahl
39. The Kontiki expedition was started by
Hoʻohōkūkalani and Wākea
4. Who are the parents of Hāloanakalaukapalili and Hāloa
Yoshihiko Shinoto
40. Anthropologist who studied fishhooks on Huahine:
Patrick Kirch
41. Found a settlement in Hālawa, Molokaʻi
South America (Peru, Chile)
42. Thor Heyedahl tried to prove that the Polynesians migrated from
Kontiki
43. The name of the raft and the expedition led by Thor Heyerdahl was called
True; from the first Polynesian voyage
44. The Kumara is from Southeast Asia
Sweet potato
45. A kumara is
False
46. The sweet potato is of South African origin
Kontiki
47. The expedition which tried to prove Polynesian came from South America:
Kalo
48. The staple food in ancient Hawai'i was the:
AD 1190 - 1290
49. What year did Bishop Museum archaeologist Patrick Kirch believe that the earliest Hawaiian settlement was at Hālawa, Molokaʻi
Hāloanakalaukapalili, kalo
5. - was born as a - and is the older brother of the first humans
Aotearoa
50. What is the traditional name of New Zealand? The name means long white cloud.
Rapanui
51. What is the traditional name of Easter Island? The name means large flash of light.
1896
52. The Hawaiian language was banned as the median of instruction in Public Schools in
Language Nest
53. Kohango Reo means:
Hawaiian Language
54. ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi means:
Language Nest
55. Pūnana Leo means
True
56. The Maori of Aotearoa created the Kohanga Reo to preserve their native language
False
57. The Pūnana Leo immersion school model is borrowed from Marquesas
Pīʻapā
58. The Hawaiian language alphabet is called the
13
59. The Hawaiian language alphabet has - letters
Papa and Lua
6. Who are the parents of Oʻahu
Hawaiian Pidgin
60. Many in Hawaiʻi now speak a form of English technically known as:
Hawaiian Proverbs
61. ʻŌlelo Noʻeau are
True
62. The ban on Hawaiian as a medium of instruction in the public schools was lifted in 1896
Orthography
63. The system of writing for a language is known as its
True
64. One of the largest language families in the world is called Austronesian
Kumulipo
65. The Hawaiian creation chant
Wā
66. Each of the periods or eras in the creation chant are called,
Kāne, Kū, Lono, Kanaloa
67. All of these are major Hawaiian gods (Akua)
Polynesia
7. Literally meaning "many islands", this area is bounded by a vast triangle with its apices at New Zealand, Hawaiʻi, and Easter Island. This triangle contains an area twice the size of the continental United States.
Kupua (Demi god)
72. Māui was a
Kamapuaʻa, Puhinalo, Kūʻīlioloa, Nanaue, Hina, Laka, Poliʻahu, Māui, Mīlu, Maʻikohā
73. All of the following are demi-gods (kupua)
Attendant, guardian, keeper, served as guardians and instructors of the Aliʻi
78. A Kahu was a
Hawaiʻi, Rapanui, and Aotearoa
8. Which three Polynesian Islands make up the Polynesian triangle?
Kaiā, Kauwā
84. Outcasts, Outcasts who lived Aperture from the Aliʻi and the makaʻāinana
makaʻāinana
85. People of the land
Koa
86. Warrior
Taro, breadfruit, kukui, coconut, sugar cane, bamboo, yam, ʻawa, wauke, gourd, banana, sweet potato, mountain apple, ti, pigs, dogs, chicken, and rats
9. Polynesians brought which of the following to Hawai'i?
76. A Konohiki was a
Aliʻi agent in charge of a tract of land; represented his Aliʻi Nui as the land supervisor or agent over an ahupuaʻa or other tract of land
74. An Aliʻi was a
Chief
89. The ʻaikapu was a restriction on what activity
Eating
79. A Kāhuna was a
Experts in religion, the professions, and the crafts
93. The Koʻa was a
Fishing shrine
95. ʻAinoa
Free eating
69. Kāne was the
Hawaiian god of life
71. Lono was the
Hawaiian god of peace and fertility
68. Kanaloa was the
Hawaiian god of the ocean
70. Kū was the
Hawaiian god of war and politics
91. The Hoʻola was a
Healing heiau
99. A sacred temple is known as a
Heiau
75. An Aliʻi Nui was a
High Chief
80. A Kahuna Nui was a
High priest, keeper of the Aliʻi Nui ('s) idol and advisor to him in religious matters
92. The Luakini was a
Human sacrificial heiau
77. A Mōʻī was a
King or queen
83. Fisherman
Lawaiʻa
82. Farmer
Mahiʻai
87. What is kinolau?
Many body forms
90. What are the four forbidden foods that women could not eat due to the ʻaikapu
Niu (coconut), maiʻa (banana), puaʻa (pig), iʻa ʻula
81. A Kālaomoku was a
Prime minister or counselor, advised the Aliʻi Nui in conducting the secular affairs of the kingdom
96. Kapu
Rules and restrictions
94. ʻAikapu
Sacred eating
97. Mana
Spiritual essence or power
88. All of the following are examples of kinolau,
Trees, Rocks, Birds
98. Family Gods
ʻAumākua