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85 Cards in this Set
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ʻāina |
land, earth |
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Ua |
rain |
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Makani |
wind, breeze |
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Po'owai |
water head, water source |
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'Auwai |
irrigation ditch for taro plants |
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Ho'i |
stream that runs water back to lo'i |
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ʻāina momona |
abundant land, fertile land |
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Kahawai |
stream |
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Waiwai |
goods |
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Pacific hot spot |
locations on the Pacific Rim high in volcanic activity |
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Atolls |
coral islands |
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High islands |
islands of volcanic origin |
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Basalt water lens |
underground, where freshwater meets saltwater |
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Kona |
leeward winds (from the southwest) |
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Ko'olau |
windward |
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Mahina |
moon |
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Māhealani |
full moon |
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Muku |
phase of moon when it's no longer visible |
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Wao akua |
distant mountain region, inhabited by spirits only |
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Wao kanaka |
inland region where people live, below Wao Akua |
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Kai |
sea |
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Wai |
water |
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Moana |
ocean, lake |
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Ahupua'a |
traditional division of land |
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Land Commission |
privatization of land in Hawai'i |
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Po'e 'imi waiwai |
prospector, seeks wealth |
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Buke māhele |
document of all land claims |
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Māla |
dry land garden |
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Lo'i kalo |
low land terraces |
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Loko i'a |
fishpond |
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Kauikeaouli |
Kamehameha III's name at birth |
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Jerry Ongies |
builder, finished canoe |
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Keone Nunes |
tattoo artist |
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Hawai'iloa |
man who found Hawai'i according to legend, name of double-hulled canoe |
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Kākau uhi |
tattoo on body |
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Kālai |
to carve |
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Kapa |
dress material |
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'Ahu'ula |
chiefly garments |
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He'enalu |
surfing |
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Hula |
traditional dancing |
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Lua |
bone breaking martial arts |
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Moena |
mat, resting place, lying down, place to set fish nets |
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Haku pei |
surfing stones down hills |
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Lei |
lei |
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Haku mele |
a poetic chant, named after whom it's written about |
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Treaty of Tordesillas |
The Pope divides the unconquered world up for only Portugal and Spain |
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Ferdinand Magellan |
Found route from Spain to Spice Islands |
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Lapu-lapu |
Prince's rival, kills Magellan |
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Kalani'opu'u |
Ruling chief when Cook arrived |
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O lono |
Celebration festival of leeward winds, sails |
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Manila Galleon Trade |
Trade route between Manila in Guam and Acapulco in Mexico, then from Mexico to Spain |
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John Webber |
Artist for Cook |
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Kamehameha Pai'ea |
Unites Hawaiian Islands through battle and politics |
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Ka'ahumanu |
Kamehameha I's wife |
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George Vancouver |
British explorer, brings cattle to Hawai'i |
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Provisioning |
Re-supply depot in Hawai'i for ships sailing across Pacific |
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Liholiho |
Kamehameha II, Kamehameha Pai'eu's son |
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Kauikeaouli |
Kamehameha III, longest ruling monarch in Hawai'i, ended British occupation after Paulet Affair |
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Sugar Cane |
Huge export from Hawai'i |
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Constitution of 1840 |
First constitution in Hawai'i |
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The Paulet Affair |
Land dispute that led to gunboat diplomacy and British takeover for a few months |
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Alexander Liholiho |
Kamehameha IV, built Queen's Hospital, which was funded by handouts |
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Māhele |
Distribution of land, proposed by Kamehameha III, plot of land
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Lota Kapuāiwa |
Kamehameha V, change constitution, lifts certain laws |
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William Charle Lunalilo |
Became king democratically |
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David La'amea Kalākaua |
King, forced to sign Bayonet Constitution |
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Bayonet Constitution |
Constitution signed by Kalākaua at gunpoint |
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Treaty of Reciprocity |
Allows U.S. to use Hawaiian ports, but U.S. doesn't own any Hawaiian lands |
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Ea |
sovereignty, independence |
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Lydia Kamaka'eha Lili'uokalani |
Heir to Kalākaua, last monarch |
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Mo'olelo |
Stories, myths |
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'ōiwi |
Native Hawaiians |
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Ko'ihonua |
Cosmogony |
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Kahiki |
land other than here |
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Pele |
Goddess of fire |
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Hawai'iloa |
Navigator who settled on Hawai'i |
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Hauātea Alliance |
Polynesians who gather to discuss things |
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Pā'ao |
Revolutionized religion in Hawai'i |
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Wa'a Kaulua |
Double-hulled canoes |
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Pwo |
Navigator |
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Kahuna |
Skilled individual |
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Inoa |
name |
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Kapu |
sacred |
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Noa |
free |
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Ni'aupi'o |
Chiefly incest |