Hawaiian History Packet 2 Test questions
and answers with solutions
What did the Hawaiians believe about land ownership and usage? - ANSWER No one could own
the land, it was to be used and cared for by all
How did Westerners affect land ownership and usage in Hawai'i? - ANSWER They viewed land as
a commodity, Foreign govts sent warships to settle disputes when the HI govt forced foreigners
off their land, ended their leases, or denied them access to their property on that land.
Why was the Great Mahele such a significant event? - ANSWER Under pressure from foreign
missionaries, businessmen, and traders, Kam III ruled that land could now be privately owned.
Why were land rights an issue in the late 1800s? - ANSWER common people lost the rights to
the land they lived on, and the govt sold/leased much of its land to sugar plantations.
What group of people controlled Hawai'i after the overthrow? - ANSWER The Provisional
Government (the oligarchy): influential men, mostly descendant of missionaries with ties to the
sugar industry, not Native HI, did not want Native Hawaiians to have voting rights.
How did this group of people continue to control Hawai'i after annexation? - ANSWER Formed
HI Republican Party got Prince Kuhio to join them (because he recognized that they controlled
the economy)
'Aina - ANSWER the land
Ahupua'a - ANSWER a land division that ran from the mountain to the sea
Mahele - ANSWER to divide
and answers with solutions
What did the Hawaiians believe about land ownership and usage? - ANSWER No one could own
the land, it was to be used and cared for by all
How did Westerners affect land ownership and usage in Hawai'i? - ANSWER They viewed land as
a commodity, Foreign govts sent warships to settle disputes when the HI govt forced foreigners
off their land, ended their leases, or denied them access to their property on that land.
Why was the Great Mahele such a significant event? - ANSWER Under pressure from foreign
missionaries, businessmen, and traders, Kam III ruled that land could now be privately owned.
Why were land rights an issue in the late 1800s? - ANSWER common people lost the rights to
the land they lived on, and the govt sold/leased much of its land to sugar plantations.
What group of people controlled Hawai'i after the overthrow? - ANSWER The Provisional
Government (the oligarchy): influential men, mostly descendant of missionaries with ties to the
sugar industry, not Native HI, did not want Native Hawaiians to have voting rights.
How did this group of people continue to control Hawai'i after annexation? - ANSWER Formed
HI Republican Party got Prince Kuhio to join them (because he recognized that they controlled
the economy)
'Aina - ANSWER the land
Ahupua'a - ANSWER a land division that ran from the mountain to the sea
Mahele - ANSWER to divide
