HWST 107- Exam 1- Study Guide fully
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Race - correct answer ✔✔describes populations or groups of people as
distinguished by various sets of characteristics and beliefs about common ancestry
-based on visible traits
Ethnicity - correct answer ✔✔a population of human beings whose members
identify with each other, either on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or
ancestry, or recognition by others as a distinct group, or by common cultural,
linguistic, religious, or territorial traits
Indigenous - correct answer ✔✔People, communities, and nations who claim a
historical continuity and cultural affinity with societies endemic to their original
territories that developed prior to exposure to the larger connected civilization
associated with western culture. These societies, therefore, consider themselves
distinct from societies of the majority culture's that have contested their cultural
sovereignty and self-determination
Kanaka Maoli - correct answer ✔✔true man
Haole - correct answer ✔✔person of foreign origin
What is the motto of the University of Hawai'i? - correct answer ✔✔Maluna a'e o
na lahui a pau ke ola ke kanaka (Above all things, above all people, above all races,
humanity)
, Why does UHM support a Hawaiian Studies program? - correct answer ✔✔UHM
is an indigenous serving institution.
One goal is to "transform the international profile of the UH system to one of the
world's foremost multicultural centers for global and indigenous studies. Another
goal is "to strengthen the crucial role that the UH system performs for the
indigenous people and general population of Hawai'i by actively preserving and
perpetuating Hawaiian culture, language, and values
Identify (who, what, when, where, why): the United National Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples - correct answer ✔✔Who:
143 nations in favor, 4 nations opposed (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, U.S.)
What/Why:
formal document to protect indigenous rights worldwide
When:
1985-1993: draft work
1994: draft approval
2006: adopted by the Human Rights Council
2007: adopted by the General Assembly (143 nations in favor, 4 nations opposed)
What geographic region does Austronesian language/culture cover? - correct
answer ✔✔SE Asia, Pacific, some other parts of Asia (1,268 languages and 300
million speakers)
According to experts, where does Austronesian language originate? - correct
answer ✔✔Taiwan
What is the Pi'a'pa? - correct answer ✔✔
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Race - correct answer ✔✔describes populations or groups of people as
distinguished by various sets of characteristics and beliefs about common ancestry
-based on visible traits
Ethnicity - correct answer ✔✔a population of human beings whose members
identify with each other, either on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or
ancestry, or recognition by others as a distinct group, or by common cultural,
linguistic, religious, or territorial traits
Indigenous - correct answer ✔✔People, communities, and nations who claim a
historical continuity and cultural affinity with societies endemic to their original
territories that developed prior to exposure to the larger connected civilization
associated with western culture. These societies, therefore, consider themselves
distinct from societies of the majority culture's that have contested their cultural
sovereignty and self-determination
Kanaka Maoli - correct answer ✔✔true man
Haole - correct answer ✔✔person of foreign origin
What is the motto of the University of Hawai'i? - correct answer ✔✔Maluna a'e o
na lahui a pau ke ola ke kanaka (Above all things, above all people, above all races,
humanity)
, Why does UHM support a Hawaiian Studies program? - correct answer ✔✔UHM
is an indigenous serving institution.
One goal is to "transform the international profile of the UH system to one of the
world's foremost multicultural centers for global and indigenous studies. Another
goal is "to strengthen the crucial role that the UH system performs for the
indigenous people and general population of Hawai'i by actively preserving and
perpetuating Hawaiian culture, language, and values
Identify (who, what, when, where, why): the United National Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples - correct answer ✔✔Who:
143 nations in favor, 4 nations opposed (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, U.S.)
What/Why:
formal document to protect indigenous rights worldwide
When:
1985-1993: draft work
1994: draft approval
2006: adopted by the Human Rights Council
2007: adopted by the General Assembly (143 nations in favor, 4 nations opposed)
What geographic region does Austronesian language/culture cover? - correct
answer ✔✔SE Asia, Pacific, some other parts of Asia (1,268 languages and 300
million speakers)
According to experts, where does Austronesian language originate? - correct
answer ✔✔Taiwan
What is the Pi'a'pa? - correct answer ✔✔
