Chapters 3-4 test

Question 1

What were the Aliʻi Nui believed to be?

Answer 1

Descendants of the gods.

Question 2

Why were the Aliʻi nui revered as sacred?

Answer 2

Their genealogy- they were believed to be related to the gods.

Question 3

Some aliʻi nui were higher ranking than others. What did their rank depend on?

Answer 3

How far back they could trace their bloodline, and how much mana, or spirtitual power they had.

Question 4

Papa and Wākea are said to be…

Answer 4

The creators of the Hawaiian islands and ancestors of the aliʻi nui.

Question 5

The aliʻi nui inherited the _______, or spiritual power, of the gods

Answer 5

Mana

Question 6

What did the Kapu forbid the commoners to do? (5 answers, need all)

Answer 6

Forbidden to:
1.Touch the aliʻi nui
2.Touch any of the aliʻi nuiʻs clothing or possessions
3.Cross the aliʻi nuiʻs shadow
4.Look at them directly
5. Make eye contact with them

Question 7

If a commoner were to break their Kapu they were…

Answer 7

beaten, stoned, or burned to death

Question 8

T/F during the Makahiki, no work was allowed

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Lono was the god of…

Answer 9

Agriculture

Question 10

Other Kapu applied to women, even aliʻi wahine, because they were also women. What was that separate Kapu? (4 answers, need all)

Answer 10

1. Forbidden to eat meals with men
2. No working with men
3. could not eat certain foods
4. Not allowed to go into the sacred heiau temples

Question 11

What foods could women not eat because of the Kapu?

Answer 11

Pork, bananas, coconuts, and certain kinds of fish.

Question 12

What was the hierarchy, top to bottom?

Answer 12

1. Aliiʻi nui
2. Kahuna, or experts
3. Makaʻāinana, or commoners
4. Kauwā, or outcasts

Question 13

What did the Kahuna do?

Answer 13

Advised the aliʻi nui and conducted ceremonies in the heiau

Question 14

Who was King Kamehamehaʻs son?

Answer 14

ʻIolani Liholiho

Question 15

Who was Kamehamehaʻs favorite nephew, and Liholihoʻs cousin, the one he passed care of the war god to?

Answer 15

Kekuaokalani

Question 16

Who was Liholihoʻs mother?

Answer 16

Keōpūolani. *FUN FACT- SHE PRESSURED HIM TO END THE KAPU SYSTEM!

Question 17

Which feast signaled the end of the Kapu system?

Answer 17

Liholihoʻs feast with two influential aliʻi nui wahine- Keōpūolani, and Kaʻahumanu

Question 18

Kekuaokalani, caretaker of the war god and LihoLihoʻs cousin, challenged Liholiho in an attempt to stop the abolishing of the kapu in the Battle of Kuamoʻo. BTW you have to know that. Also T/F that was the only attempt to stop the end of the Kapu

Answer 18

True

Question 19

T/F In his book “Ruling Chiefs of Hawaiʻi, Samuel Kamakau wrote: For two days they sailed about in the waters off of Kailua, Delaying the visit to Kona. A feast was being readied in Kona.

Answer 19

FALSE- The correct text is: In his book “Ruling Chiefs of Hawaiʻi, Samuel Kamakau wrote: For two days they sailed about in the waters off of KONA, Delaying the visit to KAILUA. A feast was being readied in KAILUA.

Question 20

T/F Kekuaokalani survived the battle, and reluctantly surrendered.

Answer 20

FALSE- Kekuaokalani DIED IN BATTLE.

Question 21

T/F The wind died so a double canoe and paddlers had to tow Liholiho to the shores of Kailua

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Tired and hungry from the journey, Liholiho accepted _____ meat and entered the _____ house. He also smoked ______ with the woman, These were actions that were, once again, breaking the Kapu.

Answer 22

Tired and hungry from the journey, Liholiho accepted DOG meat and entered the LAUHALA house. He also smoked TOBACCO with the woman, These were actions that were, once again, breaking the Kapu.

Question 23

T/F after the kapu was ended, people no longer celebrated Makahiki.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

What did Hawaiians do to hillsides to prepare the hillsides for crops like sweet potatoes and pili grass?

Answer 24

They burned it

Question 25

What does Mālama ʻāina mean?

Answer 25

Take(ing) care of the land

Question 26

T/F Ownership of land was not something Hawaiians believed in.

Answer 26

True. The idea of owning land was brough in by foreigners.

Question 27

T/F Ahupuaʻa were all the same sizes

Answer 27

False- some were a small sliver, while others were as big as a quarter or more of the island.

Question 28

What where the three main sections of the Ahupuaʻa and their meanings?

Answer 28

1. Uka-uplands and mountains 2. Kula-plains and fields 2. Kai-sea

Question 29

People living in the uplands gathered _________, _________ for thatching, ______ trees for canoes, _______ from upland streams, ______, a shrub whoʻs strong fibers were used for fishnets, and ______, a shrub whos bark was used for Kapa cloth.

Answer 29

People living in the uplands gathered FIREWOOD, GRASS for thatching, KOA trees for canoes, ʻŌPAE from upland streams, OLONĀ, a shrub whoʻs strong fibers were used for fishnets, and WAUKE, a shrub whos bark was used for Kapa cloth.

Question 30

People living in the plains or fields gathered ______, _______, and ________.

Answer 30

People living in the plains or fields gathered TARO, BREADFRUIT, and BANANAS.

Question 31

Those living near the sea grew _______ and _______, gathered ________, and _______ in the ocean.

Answer 31

Those living near the sea grew SWEET POTATOES and GOURDS, gathered SEAWEED, and FISHED in the ocean.

Question 32

T/F when Kamehameha came to power, one of his first tasks was to make sure the people living in the uplands had the things they needed, as he was staying near the sea.

Answer 32

False. One of his first tasks was to stabilize and control the use of the land.

Question 33

The god Kū was of a ______ nature.

Answer 33

Polygamous

Question 34

T/F the god Kū didnʻt tell the women he married he was a god.

Answer 34

True- he worked on the land just like everybody else.

Question 35

T/F when Kū said goodbye to his wife, he said he would sink into the ground and told her to look for his hands to pop out of the ground, out of one of them food would grow for the family

Answer 35

False. when Kū said goodbye to his wife, he said he would sink into the ground and told her to look for his TOES to pop out of the ground, out of one of them food would grow for the family

Question 36

T/F the breadfruit tree sprouted just as Kū promised, but only other families could pick the breadfruit. If they tried, the tree would run back into the ground.

Answer 36

False. the breadfruit tree sprouted just as Kū promised, but only THEIR FAMILY could pick the breadfruit. If OTHER FAMILIES tried, the tree would run back into the ground.

Question 37

After the growing of the magical breadfruit tree, more sprouts were grown around it. These were given to ______ and _______ to plant in their gardens.

Answer 37

After the growing of the magical breadfruit tree, more sprouts were grown around it. These were given to FRIENDS and NEIGHBORS to plant in their gardens.

Question 38

T/F while waiting for the tree to grow, Kūʻs wife watched the spot he sunk into the earth every day, watering it with her tears.

Answer 38

True.