HWST 107 Exam 1 Questions with
Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
*UNIT 1* Navigators*
Mau Piailug - Correct Answers ✅- taught the art of
teaching non instructional migration
- asked by polynesian voyaging society to help the hawaiians
rediscover their voyaging origins
- home waters in micronesia
- satawal island
- learned from his father and grandfather
- become po: initiated in both magic and navigation
- men who can't navigate aren't looked up to, don't have a
name
Functions of navigator - Correct Answers ✅- navigate,
survival of people of boat
- show what ancestors did, pass on tradition
- makes all the decisions
Island of Free Lunch - Correct Answers ✅- west fayu
- go there to catch fish because they cannot catch too much
where they live
- belongs to satawal
- need permission to go here
- can catch 4x the amount they would usually get
,HWST 107 Exam 1 Questions with
Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
Evidence for movement out of South East asia - Correct
Answers ✅- lapita pottery (mainly), taro, and sweet potato
Hōkūleʻa - Correct Answers ✅- double whole vessel, named
after constellation above hawaii
- canoe of ancient design built with modern materials built to
show that people can navigate through purposeful migration
Star compass - Correct Answers ✅- direction, celestial
beings
*UNIT 1- P2* - Correct Answers ✅*Origins lecture*
What are the theories of migration into the Pacific - Correct
Answers ✅- drift theory: by thor heyerdahl, originated from
south america, based on evidence of sweet potato bc it is
indigenous to south american and not the oceanic region,
testing his theory he basically crashes into tuamotu islands,
problematic as cannot drift farther than tuamotu islands
effectively
- way-finding/purposeful navigation: non instrumental
navigation
How many migrations were there into the Pacific - Correct
Answers ✅2
, HWST 107 Exam 1 Questions with
Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
Sahul - Correct Answers ✅- non-austronesians moved to
here
Sunda shelf - Correct Answers ✅- non-austronesians
originated from here
Climatic changes - Correct Answers ✅- sea levels rise
- fire caves of naumaga: large house under the sea found an
underwater cave more than 40 metros down the wall of a
coral cliff
*period of glaciation locked away huge volumes of water, sea
level to fluctuate 20-45 meters lower than at present
Cradle of Polynesian civilization - Correct Answers ✅-
tonga and samoa
- there 1,000 years
Points of the Polynesian triangle - Correct Answers ✅-
north point: hawaii
- west point: aotearoa
- east point: raps nui or easter island
Evidence for the various theories of migration - Correct
Answers ✅- drift theory: sweet potato
Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
*UNIT 1* Navigators*
Mau Piailug - Correct Answers ✅- taught the art of
teaching non instructional migration
- asked by polynesian voyaging society to help the hawaiians
rediscover their voyaging origins
- home waters in micronesia
- satawal island
- learned from his father and grandfather
- become po: initiated in both magic and navigation
- men who can't navigate aren't looked up to, don't have a
name
Functions of navigator - Correct Answers ✅- navigate,
survival of people of boat
- show what ancestors did, pass on tradition
- makes all the decisions
Island of Free Lunch - Correct Answers ✅- west fayu
- go there to catch fish because they cannot catch too much
where they live
- belongs to satawal
- need permission to go here
- can catch 4x the amount they would usually get
,HWST 107 Exam 1 Questions with
Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
Evidence for movement out of South East asia - Correct
Answers ✅- lapita pottery (mainly), taro, and sweet potato
Hōkūleʻa - Correct Answers ✅- double whole vessel, named
after constellation above hawaii
- canoe of ancient design built with modern materials built to
show that people can navigate through purposeful migration
Star compass - Correct Answers ✅- direction, celestial
beings
*UNIT 1- P2* - Correct Answers ✅*Origins lecture*
What are the theories of migration into the Pacific - Correct
Answers ✅- drift theory: by thor heyerdahl, originated from
south america, based on evidence of sweet potato bc it is
indigenous to south american and not the oceanic region,
testing his theory he basically crashes into tuamotu islands,
problematic as cannot drift farther than tuamotu islands
effectively
- way-finding/purposeful navigation: non instrumental
navigation
How many migrations were there into the Pacific - Correct
Answers ✅2
, HWST 107 Exam 1 Questions with
Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
Sahul - Correct Answers ✅- non-austronesians moved to
here
Sunda shelf - Correct Answers ✅- non-austronesians
originated from here
Climatic changes - Correct Answers ✅- sea levels rise
- fire caves of naumaga: large house under the sea found an
underwater cave more than 40 metros down the wall of a
coral cliff
*period of glaciation locked away huge volumes of water, sea
level to fluctuate 20-45 meters lower than at present
Cradle of Polynesian civilization - Correct Answers ✅-
tonga and samoa
- there 1,000 years
Points of the Polynesian triangle - Correct Answers ✅-
north point: hawaii
- west point: aotearoa
- east point: raps nui or easter island
Evidence for the various theories of migration - Correct
Answers ✅- drift theory: sweet potato
