HWST 107 EXAM 1/103 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS
Nation. - -a people united by common descent, history, culture, and
inhibition
-Culture - -stories and sense of history, language, religion, rituals of daily
life, arts and creativity, rituals of continuity
-Colonialism - -having political control over another country
-Universal Declaration of Human Rights - -political status, economic, social,
cultural rights
-Hau'ofa: Our Sea of Islands - -states that the current attitude toward the
pacific islands is too small with too few resources and being too far from
economical centers of the world to exist autonomously
-Self-Determination - -a country determines its own statehood and forms
own allegiances and government
-UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - -passed by 143
nations at the UN on september 13, 2007
-Oceania. - -conceived as the lands of the Pacific Ocean, stretching from the
Straight of Malacca to the coast of the Americas
-Interdependence - -mutual dependence between things
-Tahi - -people of the sea
-Kyselka: The Wayfinder - -tells the 1980 voyage from hawaii to tahiti
-Hōkūpaʻa. - -north star, immovable star
-Manu Kū - -dove, rock, or wild pidgin
-Kūʻula - -any stone used to attract fish; fish God; named for god of
fisherman
-Kumulipo. - -a foundation, we have a history, we acknowledge that we are
the descendants of every thing that lives
, -Moʻokūʻauhau - -genealogies, most ali'i nui could name back to 25
genealogies
-Moʻolelo - -the stories, orature and literature
-David Malo - -a leading hawaiian historian of the kingdom of hawaii,
christian minister, fought to preserve hawaiian culture and literature
-Samuel Kamakau - -a hawaiian historian and scholar, helped to preserve
hawaiian culture and literature
-John Iʻi - -an educator, politician, and historian in the kingdom of hawaii,
helped preserve the hawaiian culture and literature
-ʻAikapu. - -women do everything separate from men
-Mālama 'āina. - -take care of the older brother , the land, and the land will
take care of the younger sibling, us. relationship to the land and resources,
the land cares for
-Aliʻi. - -chief
-Nīaupiʻo Mating - -offspring marriage of high born brother/sister
-Kame'eleihiwa: Traditional Hawaiian Metaphors - -ancient traditional
hawaiian metaphors
-Mana. - -spiritual power
-Papa. - -earth mother
-Wākea. - -skyfather
-Hāloa - -first hawaiian man, brother relationship to taro, son of
Hoʻohōkūokalani and Wākea
-ʻAumakua - -family god, protector, or guardian
-Kahuna nui - -most interesting role, would question the mo'i if the
requirements for the 'aha were met, high priest and councilor of high chief
-Konohiki - -came into contact with the ali'i nui in the kaukau ali'i class or
lesser chiefs, headman of an ahupua'a land division under the chief, land or
fishing rights under control of the konohiki
-ʻImihaku - -to search for a source of mana, a new chief or ruler
WITH SOLUTIONS
Nation. - -a people united by common descent, history, culture, and
inhibition
-Culture - -stories and sense of history, language, religion, rituals of daily
life, arts and creativity, rituals of continuity
-Colonialism - -having political control over another country
-Universal Declaration of Human Rights - -political status, economic, social,
cultural rights
-Hau'ofa: Our Sea of Islands - -states that the current attitude toward the
pacific islands is too small with too few resources and being too far from
economical centers of the world to exist autonomously
-Self-Determination - -a country determines its own statehood and forms
own allegiances and government
-UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - -passed by 143
nations at the UN on september 13, 2007
-Oceania. - -conceived as the lands of the Pacific Ocean, stretching from the
Straight of Malacca to the coast of the Americas
-Interdependence - -mutual dependence between things
-Tahi - -people of the sea
-Kyselka: The Wayfinder - -tells the 1980 voyage from hawaii to tahiti
-Hōkūpaʻa. - -north star, immovable star
-Manu Kū - -dove, rock, or wild pidgin
-Kūʻula - -any stone used to attract fish; fish God; named for god of
fisherman
-Kumulipo. - -a foundation, we have a history, we acknowledge that we are
the descendants of every thing that lives
, -Moʻokūʻauhau - -genealogies, most ali'i nui could name back to 25
genealogies
-Moʻolelo - -the stories, orature and literature
-David Malo - -a leading hawaiian historian of the kingdom of hawaii,
christian minister, fought to preserve hawaiian culture and literature
-Samuel Kamakau - -a hawaiian historian and scholar, helped to preserve
hawaiian culture and literature
-John Iʻi - -an educator, politician, and historian in the kingdom of hawaii,
helped preserve the hawaiian culture and literature
-ʻAikapu. - -women do everything separate from men
-Mālama 'āina. - -take care of the older brother , the land, and the land will
take care of the younger sibling, us. relationship to the land and resources,
the land cares for
-Aliʻi. - -chief
-Nīaupiʻo Mating - -offspring marriage of high born brother/sister
-Kame'eleihiwa: Traditional Hawaiian Metaphors - -ancient traditional
hawaiian metaphors
-Mana. - -spiritual power
-Papa. - -earth mother
-Wākea. - -skyfather
-Hāloa - -first hawaiian man, brother relationship to taro, son of
Hoʻohōkūokalani and Wākea
-ʻAumakua - -family god, protector, or guardian
-Kahuna nui - -most interesting role, would question the mo'i if the
requirements for the 'aha were met, high priest and councilor of high chief
-Konohiki - -came into contact with the ali'i nui in the kaukau ali'i class or
lesser chiefs, headman of an ahupua'a land division under the chief, land or
fishing rights under control of the konohiki
-ʻImihaku - -to search for a source of mana, a new chief or ruler
