AY Honors/Hawaiian Lore/Answer Key

Hawaiian Lore

Skill Level

1

Year

1974

Version

21.11.2024

Approval authority

Hawaii Conference

1

Name the eight inhabited Hawaiian islands according to size.

Here is a list of the islands of Hawaii.

1. Hawaiʻi	5. Molokaʻi
2. Maui	6. Lānaʻi
3. Oʻahu	7. Niʻihau
4. Kauaʻi	8. Kahoʻolawe

2

Name the four uninhabited islands.

1. Molokini	3. Kaʻula
2. Lehua	4. Nihoa (Bird Island)

3

Where are the Hawaiian islands located?

The Hawaiian Islands are part of an archipelago in the North Pacific Ocean which extends for about 2000 miles from the big island Hawaii to Ocean Island on the northwest. (Latitude 18° 55' north, Longitude 154° 40' and 162° west.)

4

Name three other islands in this long archipelago.

Ocean Island	Maro Reef
Necker Island	Laysan Island
Midway Island	Lisianski Island
French Frigate Shoals	Pearl and Hermes Reef
Gardner Island	Molokaʻi
Dowsett Reef	Ford Island

5

What kind of islands are the Hawaiian islands?

The Hawaiian islands are mostly volcanic with some coral. They really are tops of high mountains.

6

What are some legends told about how the islands came into being?

a. Māui was a demigod, a super man. Māui fished them from the ocean.

b. According to tradition, a large bird was seen wheeling and dipping over the ocean and suddently it dropped an egg, a very large egg, which burst into several fragments. These fragments formed the Hawaiian archipelago in the middle of the Pacific. The islands stretched from the northwest to the southeast, the eight islands the largest of them all.

c. The old Hawaiians believed that Kū, Kāne and Lono created the world and its people. Kāne took a large calabash cover and threw it into space to form the sky. He places his hand in the calabash and brought out a flaky white substance, threw it into the air and it became the clouds. He again placed his hand into the calabash and drew out a handful of seeds. These he threw into space and formed the stars, sun and moon. Then, once more he placed his hand in the calabash and folding his fingers formed valleys and lowlands. After the earth was created and springs of water had come into existence, Lono planted all things which made the earth beautiful. Kū was to create man.

7

What kind of climate do the islands have?

Most of the year, the trade winds blow and the cool currents in the ocean around the islands keep the temperature lower than that of any other part of the world in the same latitude. The islands don't have bad storms like other parts of the world and the climate is warm and comfortable. The windward side usually is the rainy side, and the leeward side dry, except when the Kona winds blow from the south. There is snow during winter on the highest mountains; Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on Hawaii, Haleakalā on Maui.

8

What kind of soils are there on these islands?

The soils are volcanic, sandy and hard clay. Volcanic soils are rich and plants grow easily. Sandy soils and cinders help to make hard soils soft for plants to grow well. Clay soil is good for taro.

9

Name five:

9a

Native trees

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  Banana

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  Coconut

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  Hau

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  Kukui

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  Hala

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  Kamani

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  Breadfruit

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  Koa

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  Kou

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  Milo

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  Kauwila

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  Bamboo

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  Lehua

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  Māmane

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  Wauke

9b

Native plants

For food:

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  Ōhelo berries

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  Sweet potatoe

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  Taro

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  Ferns

For cord and house needs:

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  Olonā

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  Sweet potatoe

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  Pili grass

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  Gourds

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  Hau

10

Complete the following.

10a

Name five native birds.

10b

Name two native animals.

11

List the names of the four greatest ancient Hawaiian gods. Which one was the greatest?

12

What is the name of the god who created man? What are the names of the first man and woman?

13

Tell one legend about where the first Hawaiians or Polynesians came from.

14

How did the ancient Hawaiians provide for their needs?

14a

List some things the primitive Hawaiians used to build and furnish their houses with.

14b

List some things the primitive Hawaiians ate.

14c

In what ways did they prepare food?

14d

Describe an imu and how to cook in it.

14e

What is poi?

14f

What did they use to fish with?

14g

Describe a luau.

14g

Describe a luau.

15

Who owned everything?

16

How did the Ali'i make the common people obey?

17

How could they escape punishment?

18

What was a Makahiki Festival?

19

What food tabu did the Hawaiian women have to obey?

20

What gods did the ancient Hawaiians worship?

21

Where did the gods live?

22

What were the temples called? Priests?

23

What did the kahuna do?

24

How did the early Hawaiians communicate?

25

What musical instruments did the people make to accompany their chanting and dancing?

26

What did they chant about? How?

27

Where were the hula dancers trained and whom did they worship? What did the hula dancers wear?

28

What kinds of hula dances were there?

29

List some sports and games.

30

List 10 to 20 crafts and the natural material each was made from.

31

What events, people or groups of people helped to changed the old Hawaii?

32

List important places to visit and legends.

Oahu

1. Bishop Museum	6. The Old Mission House
2. Queen Emma's	7. The Mormon Temple
3. The Pali	8. Ulu Mau Village
4. The Iolani Palace	9. Sacred Falls
5. Kawaiahao Church	10. Polynesian Cultural Center

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