Hawaii Exam

Front 1

How many letters/vowels/symbols in total are in the Hawaiian alphabet?

Back 1

14

Front 2

True or False:Hawaiian vowels are pronounced in only one way.

Back 2

True!

Front 3

The ' before a letter is called a(n)...

Back 3

'okina

Front 4

The - above a vowel is called a(n)...

Back 4

kahako

Front 5

The purpose of '

Back 5

short pause

Front 6

The purpose of -

Back 6

make that letter sound longer and accented

Front 7

List all consonants in Hawaiian Alphabet

Back 7

h,k,l,m,n,p,w,'

Front 8

List all of the vowels in Hawaiian

Back 8

a,e,i,o,u

Front 9

what is kahako called in english

Back 9

macron

Front 10

what is 'okina called in english

Back 10

glottal stop

Front 11

can an 'okina be capitialized?

Back 11

The ‘okina cannot be capitalized. If a word beginning withan ‘okina begins a sentence or proper name, the vowel after it is capitalized instead.

Front 12

caste system

Back 12

a division for society based upon differences of wealth, rank, or occupation

Front 13

ali'i

Back 13

chief, chiefness, royal, ruler

Front 14

kahuna

Back 14

a priest, minister, expert in any profession

Front 15

maka'ainana

Back 15

people of the land, workers of the land

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heiau

Back 16

a place of worship in traditional Hawaiian religion

Front 17

ahupua'a

Back 17

a division of land that extends from the mountain to the ocean

Front 18

kanaka maoli

Back 18

another term for native Hawaiian

Front 19

who were the maka'ainana

Back 19

canoe builders, farmers, fishermen, net makers, lau hala weavers, and other trades.

Front 20

what did the specialty of the maka'ainana depend on

Back 20

needs of the community and what their families had learned

Front 21

what items did maka'ainana intimately work with the land and the ocean produce

Back 21

food, clothing, transportation, supplies

Front 22

what does kupa o ka 'aina mean

Back 22

familiar with the land

Front 23

how did maka'ainana develop the close relationship that they had with their specific 'aina

Back 23

decades of living, cultivating, and being nourished by the land

Front 24

what class of people in traditional Hawaiians made up the largest

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maka'ainana

Front 25

were kahuna important to ali'i

Back 25

yes

Front 26

what does pono mean

Back 26

in order

Front 27

who helped ali'i make important decisions

Back 27

kahuna

Front 28

before declaring war what did ali'i do

Back 28

ask kahuna to gain favor of the gods

Front 29

what did kahuna ensure

Back 29

that proper protocol and practices were followed

Front 30

what did kahuna help the cheifs increase

Back 30

mana

Front 31

what is mana

Back 31

spiritual power

Front 32

what is a kahuna pule

Back 32

spiritual religious adviser

Front 33

what is kaula

Back 33

prophet

Front 34

what is kuhikuhi pu'uone

Back 34

designer of sites

Front 35

what was the foundation for all kahuna

Back 35

pule or prayer

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what is pule

Back 36

prayer

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what did kahuna pray for

Back 37

life, new structures, planting, building, canoe making, everyday pratices

Front 38

3 main jobs of ali'i

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care for maka'ainana, care for akua, performing the kalai'aina

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what did ali'i direct

Back 39

large scale projects to benefit the community such as building fish ponds, water channels, and heiau

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what did ali'i have to do to have a good relationship with akua

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observe pule and rituals of different gods

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what were akua prayed to for

Back 41

food, wealth, health, rain, success, surf

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what does kalai'aina mean

Back 42

carve the land

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what did the ali'i do to kalai'aina

Back 43

assign lesser chiefs to rule the districts and islands.

Front 44

why is kalai'aina a very critical job

Back 44

they had to choose lesser chiefs who were loyal