HWST 107 Exam 1/48 questions
with solutions
What did Polynesians use to navigate (traditional/non-instrumental)? - -
Stars, weather (clouds, wind), swells/waves, land signs, migration patterns of
animals
-What is Cook's migration theory? - -Polynesians got here from South East
Asia intentionally/purposefully; evidence: artifacts (hooks, pottery, etc.)
-What is Heyerdahl's migration theory? - -Polynesians got here from South
America on accident by drifting; evidence: currents and wind that travels
from SA to Polynesia
-What were men's duties? - -Cook, were sacrificed, 4 nights/month at
temple
-What is pwo? - -A person with the ability to do sailing and magic
-What is palu? - -A person with the ability to do sailing
-What is the Hokulea? - -A voyaging canoe that sailed from Hawaii to Tahiti
in 1976 to show the Polynesian's ancestors' way of navigating
-What is Lapita pottery? - -Objects/pottery that connects to the originators
of the Pacific Islands
-What are the common elements of Polynesia? - -Artifacts, languages, food,
customs/practices
-What does "islands in a far sea" mean? - -It is an outsider perspective;
trying to say that islanders are small and weak
-What does "a sea of islands" mean? - -The islands are more than just small
pieces of land, they are areas/location with their own culture
-What is Oceania? - -A term for all the pacific islands (Polynesia, Micronesia,
Melanesia) and Australia
-What are the three traditional Hawaiian metaphors? - -'Aikapu (forbidden
food, Ni'aupi'o (chiefly incest), Malama Aina (take care of the land)
-What is the Hawaiian word for the past and what does it mean? - -
Kawamanua (time in front); can't see behind and future
with solutions
What did Polynesians use to navigate (traditional/non-instrumental)? - -
Stars, weather (clouds, wind), swells/waves, land signs, migration patterns of
animals
-What is Cook's migration theory? - -Polynesians got here from South East
Asia intentionally/purposefully; evidence: artifacts (hooks, pottery, etc.)
-What is Heyerdahl's migration theory? - -Polynesians got here from South
America on accident by drifting; evidence: currents and wind that travels
from SA to Polynesia
-What were men's duties? - -Cook, were sacrificed, 4 nights/month at
temple
-What is pwo? - -A person with the ability to do sailing and magic
-What is palu? - -A person with the ability to do sailing
-What is the Hokulea? - -A voyaging canoe that sailed from Hawaii to Tahiti
in 1976 to show the Polynesian's ancestors' way of navigating
-What is Lapita pottery? - -Objects/pottery that connects to the originators
of the Pacific Islands
-What are the common elements of Polynesia? - -Artifacts, languages, food,
customs/practices
-What does "islands in a far sea" mean? - -It is an outsider perspective;
trying to say that islanders are small and weak
-What does "a sea of islands" mean? - -The islands are more than just small
pieces of land, they are areas/location with their own culture
-What is Oceania? - -A term for all the pacific islands (Polynesia, Micronesia,
Melanesia) and Australia
-What are the three traditional Hawaiian metaphors? - -'Aikapu (forbidden
food, Ni'aupi'o (chiefly incest), Malama Aina (take care of the land)
-What is the Hawaiian word for the past and what does it mean? - -
Kawamanua (time in front); can't see behind and future
