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58 Cards in this Set
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Which island is this? |
Hawaiʻi |
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Which island is this? |
Maui |
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Which island is this? |
Kahoʻolawe |
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Which island is this? |
Lānaʻi |
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Which island is this? |
Molokai / Molokaʻi |
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Which island is this? |
Oʻahu |
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Which island is this? |
Kauaʻi |
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Which island is this? |
Niʻihau |
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What are the islands northwest of the 8 main islands called? |
Kupuna Islands |
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Name two important Kupuna islands for native Hawaiians |
Nihoa and Mokumanamana |
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What is another name for Mokumanamana? |
Necker Island |
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What was so important about the most important Kupuna Islands? |
They were home to many ancient religious and temporary sites |
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What were 3 reasons that the ahupuaʻa system was created? |
- share resources equally - pay tribute to chiefs - easier working together w/ ahupuaʻa than as an individual |
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During whose reign was the ahupuaʻa system created? |
ʻUmi-a-Liloa |
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Each ahupuaʻa was ruled by a(n) _______________ |
aliʻi ʻai ahupuaʻa |
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Each moku was ruled by a(n) _________________ |
aliʻi ʻai moku |
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The "resource manager" of an ahupuaʻa was called a __________ |
konohiki |
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What is an ahupuaʻa ? |
A land division from mauka to makai (mountain to ocean) |
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Name each division of land from largest to smallest |
- mokupuni - moku - ahupuaʻa - ʻili - ʻili lele - kuleana |
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What are mokupuni? |
the four major islands of Hawaiʻi (Hawaiʻi, Maui, Oʻahu, Kauaʻi) |
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Each large island was divided into several ____ |
moku |
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What are moku? |
large land sections within each large island |
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Each moku is split up into multiple __________. |
ahupuaʻa |
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What two islands have six moku in total? |
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi |
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What three islands are part of the mokupuni of Maui? (excluding Maui) |
- Kahoʻolawe - Molokaʻi - Lānaʻi |
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What other island is part of the mokupuni of Kauaʻi? |
Niʻihau |
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Which moku is this? |
Koʻolau Loa |
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Which moku is this? |
Waialua |
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Which moku is this? |
Waiʻanae |
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Which moku is this? |
ʻEwa |
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Which moku is this? |
Kona |
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Which moku is this? |
Koʻolau Poko |
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Name 3 ahupuaʻa in Koʻolau Loa. |
-Kahuku -Waimea -Pūpūkea |
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Name 3 ahupuaʻa in Waialua |
- Kaʻena - Mokulēʻia - Paʻalaʻa |
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Name 3 ahupuaʻa in Waiʻanae |
- Waiʻanae - Nānākuli - Mākaha |
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Name 3 ahupuaʻa in ʻEwa |
- ʻAiea - Waipiʻo - Waikele |
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Name 3 ahupuaʻa in Kona |
- Mānoa - Pālolo - Kalihi |
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Name 3 ahupuaʻa in Koʻolau Poko |
- Kailua - Waimānalo - Kāneʻohe |
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What is a mahiʻai? |
farmer |
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What is a lawaiʻa? |
fisherman |
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What is a kumu hula? |
Hula teacher / dance master |
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Name four important activities in the ahupuaʻa and one person involved in each |
- hula (kumu hula) - playing games (kāne, aliʻi ʻōpio) - planting/using wauke (mahiʻai, wāhine) - fishing (lawaiʻa) |
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Name 4 important places in the ahupuaʻa and an activity done there. |
- loko iʻa (fishing) - loʻi kalo (harvesting of kalo) - hālau hula (hula) - heiau waihau [planterʻs shrine] (worship) |
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Name 2 plants found in mauka and explain their uses. |
- wauke (paper mulberry) = used to make tapa, which is made into clothing - kalo (taro) = used as main food source, root is pounded and made into poi, also used in laʻau lapaʻau (natural medicine) |
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Name 2 plants found in makai and explain their uses. |
napaka kahakai (beach naupaka) = help to keep sand from blowing away on beach ʻōlena (turmeric) = removes kapu, relieves earaches, relieves sinuses of sinusitis, perfume, enhances immune system |
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Name 2 animals found in mauka and explain their uses. |
Pueo (owl) = ʻaumakua known to be wise and lead you to your destination Puaʻa (pig) = food source for men, popular offering |
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Name 2 animals found in makai and explain their uses. |
Honu (turtle) = shells used for tools, flesh used for food, regarded as gods/ʻaumakua by many people Naiʻa (spinner dolphin) = ambassador of aloha, used for fishing (lawaiʻa and naiʻa work together to catch fish |
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What does endemic mean? (Give an example of one plant endemic to Hawaii) |
Endemic means native to only a particular area An endemic plant to Hawaii is koa - used for construction of houses, spears, surfboards, canoes, and paddles, and leaves were also used in laʻau lapaʻau |
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What does exotic mean? (Give an example of one plant exotic to Hawaii) |
Exotic means all plants introduced since 1778 An exotic plant to Hawaii is the orange, which is obviously very delicious and is used as a source of food and Vitamin C to eat |
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What does indigenous mean? (Give an example of one plant indigenous to Hawaii) |
Indigenous means a plant is native, but also present in other places An indigenous plant to Hawaii is maile, used for bird catching, clothing, lei and medicinal purposes. It is also very important to the god Laka, so it is used in hula |
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What does Polynesian introduction mean? (Give an example of one plant Polynesian introduced to Hawaii) |
Polynesian introduction means a plant was brought to Hawaii by early Polynesian colonists. A plant that was introduced by Polynesians is kukui, which was used as a kind of candle to provide light. It was also used for tattoos, lei, and it was chewed up and spit into the water by lawaiʻa to release surface tension and make fish easier to see |
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What determined wealth in ancient times? Why would Mānoa be a very wealthy ahupuaʻa? |
Fresh water determined wealth. Mānoa would be considered wealthy because it naturally holds a large amount of fresh water. |
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What does Mānoa mean? |
thick, solid, vast, depth, thickness |
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What was the gate entry of the loko iʻa called? |
Mākāhā |
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What is the wall of the loko iʻa called? |
Kuapā |
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What does Kukaoʻo mean and why was it called this? |
Kukaoʻo means standing digging stick. It was called this because it was a mapele (agricultural heiau used by mahiʻai. |
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Kukaoʻo was built by who? |
menehune |
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What is Uʻalakaʻa? |
The hill where Kamehameha planted sweet potato to feed his armies. |
