HWST 107 Exam Questions with Verified Solutions Latest Update 2025
Define Race - Answers categorizing/grouping people based on physical characteristics
Define Ethnicity - Answers categorizing people based on genes/ancestry
Define Racism - Answers The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or
ability and that a particular race is superior to others. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.
Aborigional/indigenous - Answers 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.
Kanaka Maoli: - Answers Native Hawaiian/ True Man
Haole: - Answers foreigner/American, Englishman, Caucasian;
Why does the UH support a Hawaiian Studies Program? - Answers To pursue, perpetuate,
research, revitalize all areas and forms of Hawaiian knowledge
What is the motto of the University of Hawaiʻi? - Answers Maluna a'e o na lahui a pau ke ola ke
kanaka: Above all nations is humanity.
Identify (who, what, when, where, why): the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples. - Answers WHO: 143 nations
WHAT: A Universal framework of minimum standards for the survival, dignity, and well-being of
the indigenous peoples of the world
WHEN: 2007
WHERE: New York, United Nations Headquarters
WHY: To save the rights of indigenous people
Why is it significant in terms of human rights? - Answers Affirming that indigenous people are
equal to all other people
When was it adopted by the U.N. General Assembly? - Answers September 13, 2007
What geographic region does Austronesian language/culture cover? - Answers S.E Asia, Pacific
and some parts in Asia. (Oceania)
According to experts, where does Austronesian language originate? - Answers Taiwan
What is an ʻokina? - Answers 'Okina is a consonant that signifies a glottal stop.
What is a kahakō? - Answers Kahakō is a long vowel, elongated sound and called Macron.
, In terms of non-verbal communication, explain how bodily contact and head-nod differ between
Hawaiian and Western cultures? - Answers The Hawaiians touch each other more than
Westerners but touching signifies affection and friendship in their culture. It is common for
them to kiss each other greetings and farewells. Children are expected to kiss the adults too
and head below than their elders. What Hawaiians frown upon that Westerners do is by standing
with one hand on hip, hands folded across chest, hands clasped behind their backs and
downcast eyes. Also, since the head is considered to be KAPU where one is connected to their
ancestors, touching someone else's head is considered highly disrespectful.
Why is this an important concept to Native peoples? - Answers a. Concept of sense of place:
intimate relationship with the environment
b. Indigenous people identity through a place
c. The place name reflect the special relationship through tales
How can foreign imposed maps and place names affect Sense of Place? - Answers a) It
facilitates colonization/ represents foreign domination
b) Creates boundaries that reflect foreign interests (rewrites native borders), Invisible
boundaries become physical barriers
c) Erases native identity
How can maps reinforce colonized views of the Pacific region? - Answers Maps can reinforce
colonized views of the pacific region because they can provide foreign access on facilitated
trade, settlement, exploitation, invasion, travel, etc. They also provide information on natural
resources and Intel for military operations
Hauʻofa challenges the perception of islands being "isolated" as expressed in the phrase
"islands in a far away sea." Instead, he claims the Pacific is a "sea full of islands." What is the
difference between these two views? - Answers islands are insignificant vs. holistic view that
islands communities and surrounding ocean are connected; they are "one"
Why is the belief of Pacific islands as small, isolated, and insignificant considered an imported
view? - Answers Because these original, native Oceanic societies were voyaging people, who
saw islands as being connected by sea, sky, and common ancestry.
How did this view originate? - Answers European sailors
According to Hauʻofa, why is this view false and misleading in regards to Pacific island Natives?
- Answers A) It's important because it originate from westerner. From their perspective, the
islands are too small, far, and poor in comparison to other nations.
B) This is false and narrow minded thinking because of the rich culture and history that exist in
these island nations
Define Race - Answers categorizing/grouping people based on physical characteristics
Define Ethnicity - Answers categorizing people based on genes/ancestry
Define Racism - Answers The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or
ability and that a particular race is superior to others. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.
Aborigional/indigenous - Answers 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.
Kanaka Maoli: - Answers Native Hawaiian/ True Man
Haole: - Answers foreigner/American, Englishman, Caucasian;
Why does the UH support a Hawaiian Studies Program? - Answers To pursue, perpetuate,
research, revitalize all areas and forms of Hawaiian knowledge
What is the motto of the University of Hawaiʻi? - Answers Maluna a'e o na lahui a pau ke ola ke
kanaka: Above all nations is humanity.
Identify (who, what, when, where, why): the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples. - Answers WHO: 143 nations
WHAT: A Universal framework of minimum standards for the survival, dignity, and well-being of
the indigenous peoples of the world
WHEN: 2007
WHERE: New York, United Nations Headquarters
WHY: To save the rights of indigenous people
Why is it significant in terms of human rights? - Answers Affirming that indigenous people are
equal to all other people
When was it adopted by the U.N. General Assembly? - Answers September 13, 2007
What geographic region does Austronesian language/culture cover? - Answers S.E Asia, Pacific
and some parts in Asia. (Oceania)
According to experts, where does Austronesian language originate? - Answers Taiwan
What is an ʻokina? - Answers 'Okina is a consonant that signifies a glottal stop.
What is a kahakō? - Answers Kahakō is a long vowel, elongated sound and called Macron.
, In terms of non-verbal communication, explain how bodily contact and head-nod differ between
Hawaiian and Western cultures? - Answers The Hawaiians touch each other more than
Westerners but touching signifies affection and friendship in their culture. It is common for
them to kiss each other greetings and farewells. Children are expected to kiss the adults too
and head below than their elders. What Hawaiians frown upon that Westerners do is by standing
with one hand on hip, hands folded across chest, hands clasped behind their backs and
downcast eyes. Also, since the head is considered to be KAPU where one is connected to their
ancestors, touching someone else's head is considered highly disrespectful.
Why is this an important concept to Native peoples? - Answers a. Concept of sense of place:
intimate relationship with the environment
b. Indigenous people identity through a place
c. The place name reflect the special relationship through tales
How can foreign imposed maps and place names affect Sense of Place? - Answers a) It
facilitates colonization/ represents foreign domination
b) Creates boundaries that reflect foreign interests (rewrites native borders), Invisible
boundaries become physical barriers
c) Erases native identity
How can maps reinforce colonized views of the Pacific region? - Answers Maps can reinforce
colonized views of the pacific region because they can provide foreign access on facilitated
trade, settlement, exploitation, invasion, travel, etc. They also provide information on natural
resources and Intel for military operations
Hauʻofa challenges the perception of islands being "isolated" as expressed in the phrase
"islands in a far away sea." Instead, he claims the Pacific is a "sea full of islands." What is the
difference between these two views? - Answers islands are insignificant vs. holistic view that
islands communities and surrounding ocean are connected; they are "one"
Why is the belief of Pacific islands as small, isolated, and insignificant considered an imported
view? - Answers Because these original, native Oceanic societies were voyaging people, who
saw islands as being connected by sea, sky, and common ancestry.
How did this view originate? - Answers European sailors
According to Hauʻofa, why is this view false and misleading in regards to Pacific island Natives?
- Answers A) It's important because it originate from westerner. From their perspective, the
islands are too small, far, and poor in comparison to other nations.
B) This is false and narrow minded thinking because of the rich culture and history that exist in
these island nations
