HWST 107 Exam 2/151
Questions and answers
Doctorine of Discovery - -Criteria for claiming land, transfer of the land,
government by agent or proxy
-First European to enter the Pacific - -Vasco Nunez de Balboa in 1513
-What fueled European exploration in the Pacific? - -Northwestern Passage
-Mythical southern continent that served as a counterweight at the bottom
of the world - -Terra Australis
-Belief that everyone originated from Europe - -Diffusionism
-How did Europeans view Polynesians as a result of these beliefs?
(Diffusionism) - -lesser versions of themselves
-Popular European Belief that Polynesians were SO lucky and SO blessed
(everything was given to them) - -Noble Savage
-Belief that Polynesians are the descendants of the 12 tribes of Israel - -
Semitic Polynesian
-Europeans believed that they were much further advanced and they were
descendants of Pacific Islanders. Therefore they claimed intellectual
property; justifying their presence in the islands - -Aryan/Caucasian
Polynesian
-A total system of foreign power wherein another culture, people, and way of
life penetrate, transform, and come to define the colonized society. Primary
function is exploitation of land, resources, and people. - -Imperialism
-What motivated Australians to move into the Papua New Guinea interior
during the 1930s? - -Sought to find gold
-How did the Australians view the Native population? - -Annoyance
-In what ways were the Natives exploited by the Australians? - -Racist.
Made natives mine for the gold, natives were paid in seashells
-What was Cook searching for when he first came across Hawai'i? - -Terra
Australis and the Northwestern Passage
, -What year did Cook arrive in Hawai'i and what did he name it? - -1778,
Sandwich Islands
-When did the Hawaiians realize Cook wasnʻt a god? - -Slept with women
-According to Herb Kawainui, who was responsible for making Cook a god? -
-Europeans
-What God was Cook mistaken for? - -Lono
-Explain how Cookʻs image as an Enlightened European Explorer is
misleading. - -He published a false journal
-Why is Cookʻs legendary persona considered by critics to be more myth
than legend? - -He was a poor writer, his journals were rewritten, edited, and
ultimately not his
-According to Hawaiian tradition, why was Cook killed? - -He sought to
capture Kalaniʻopuʻu and hold him hostage in return for stolen goods
-Date and place of death of Cookʻs death? - -February 14, 1779; Kealakekua
Bay
-What island is Kamehameha from? - -Hawaiʻi
-What is Ka Lele Ka ʻAnae and why was it significant to Kamehameha? - -
Battle of Nuʻuanu; It was significant to Kamehameha because it was the first
time Oʻahu was taken over by a Hawaiian chief
-What is the official year in which the Hawaiian Kingdom was established? -
-1810
-What was the treaty agreement between the last Mōʻī of Kauaʻi and KI? - -
Kaumuali'i would become a vassal state under the Hawaiian government,
however, Kamehameha would not have direct rule over Kaua'i as long as
Kaumuali'i lived
-Who is Kaʻahumanu? - -Kamehamehaʻs favorite wife; chief of Maui
-Who is Keōpūolani? - -Kamehamehaʻs highest ranking wife
-What is the relationship between these two wāhine and why
are they both significant in Hawaiian history? - -Pressured Liholiho to
overthrow the kapu system
Questions and answers
Doctorine of Discovery - -Criteria for claiming land, transfer of the land,
government by agent or proxy
-First European to enter the Pacific - -Vasco Nunez de Balboa in 1513
-What fueled European exploration in the Pacific? - -Northwestern Passage
-Mythical southern continent that served as a counterweight at the bottom
of the world - -Terra Australis
-Belief that everyone originated from Europe - -Diffusionism
-How did Europeans view Polynesians as a result of these beliefs?
(Diffusionism) - -lesser versions of themselves
-Popular European Belief that Polynesians were SO lucky and SO blessed
(everything was given to them) - -Noble Savage
-Belief that Polynesians are the descendants of the 12 tribes of Israel - -
Semitic Polynesian
-Europeans believed that they were much further advanced and they were
descendants of Pacific Islanders. Therefore they claimed intellectual
property; justifying their presence in the islands - -Aryan/Caucasian
Polynesian
-A total system of foreign power wherein another culture, people, and way of
life penetrate, transform, and come to define the colonized society. Primary
function is exploitation of land, resources, and people. - -Imperialism
-What motivated Australians to move into the Papua New Guinea interior
during the 1930s? - -Sought to find gold
-How did the Australians view the Native population? - -Annoyance
-In what ways were the Natives exploited by the Australians? - -Racist.
Made natives mine for the gold, natives were paid in seashells
-What was Cook searching for when he first came across Hawai'i? - -Terra
Australis and the Northwestern Passage
, -What year did Cook arrive in Hawai'i and what did he name it? - -1778,
Sandwich Islands
-When did the Hawaiians realize Cook wasnʻt a god? - -Slept with women
-According to Herb Kawainui, who was responsible for making Cook a god? -
-Europeans
-What God was Cook mistaken for? - -Lono
-Explain how Cookʻs image as an Enlightened European Explorer is
misleading. - -He published a false journal
-Why is Cookʻs legendary persona considered by critics to be more myth
than legend? - -He was a poor writer, his journals were rewritten, edited, and
ultimately not his
-According to Hawaiian tradition, why was Cook killed? - -He sought to
capture Kalaniʻopuʻu and hold him hostage in return for stolen goods
-Date and place of death of Cookʻs death? - -February 14, 1779; Kealakekua
Bay
-What island is Kamehameha from? - -Hawaiʻi
-What is Ka Lele Ka ʻAnae and why was it significant to Kamehameha? - -
Battle of Nuʻuanu; It was significant to Kamehameha because it was the first
time Oʻahu was taken over by a Hawaiian chief
-What is the official year in which the Hawaiian Kingdom was established? -
-1810
-What was the treaty agreement between the last Mōʻī of Kauaʻi and KI? - -
Kaumuali'i would become a vassal state under the Hawaiian government,
however, Kamehameha would not have direct rule over Kaua'i as long as
Kaumuali'i lived
-Who is Kaʻahumanu? - -Kamehamehaʻs favorite wife; chief of Maui
-Who is Keōpūolani? - -Kamehamehaʻs highest ranking wife
-What is the relationship between these two wāhine and why
are they both significant in Hawaiian history? - -Pressured Liholiho to
overthrow the kapu system
