Traditional Hawaiian Agriculture
The main crops grown in ancient Hawaiʻi.
What is kalo (taro), ʻuala (sweet potato), maiʻa (banana), niu (coconut), ʻulu (breadfruit), ko (sugarcane), kī (ti plant), ʻawa (kava), ʻuhi (yam), and olonā (native shrub)?
The Hawaiian name of the low lava rock wall of a fishpond on the shore.
What is loko Kuapa?
The Hawaiian word for a skilled orator.
What is haku mele?
The name of the uncle who raised Kamehameha I.
Who is Kalaniʻōpuʻu?
When a language has developed organically over time through use by communities.
What is a natural language?
The natural fertilizers used in agriculture.
What is seaweed and fish waste?
The estimated number of fishponds in Hawaiʻi during the arrival of Captain Cook.
What is 360?
The year that a law was passed banning Hawaiian as a medium of instruction in schools.
What is 1896?
The date of Captain Cook's death.
What is February 14, 1779?
The year Kamehameha I passed away.
What is 1819?
The Hawaiian word for the man-made system of ditches that transported freshwater from streams to fields.
What is the ʻauwai irrigation system?
The Hawaiian name for the stone walls that form the backbone of a loko iʻa.
What is a kuapā?
Chants of lamentation and mourning that were performed during funerals and memorial services to honor the deceased and express grief.
What is kanikau?
The name of Kamehameha’s teacher and bodyguard.
Who is Kekūhaupiʻo?
An English-based creole language spoken primarily in Papua New Guinea.
What is Tok Pisin?
These dryland crops were grown on slopes with lower rainfall.
What is sweet potatoes, yams, and dryland taro?
The Hawaiian name for the sluice gates built into the walls of a loko iʻa.
What is a mākāhā?
A chant that celebrates the life-giving waters of Kāne, one of the four major Native Hawaiian gods associated with the creation of the world.
What is Ka Wai a Kāne?
The name of the chief who killed Kīwalaʻō.
Who is Kameʻeiamoku?
A law that Kamehameha created in 1797 that offers protection to the common people from being abused or killed by the aliʻi or those under them.
What is Kānāwai Māmalahoe/Law of the Splintered Paddle?
This style of planting involves growing multiple crops together to improve soil fertility and reduce pest problems.
What is polyculture and crop rotation?
The six basic types of fishponds.
What is Loko Iʻa Kalo (Freshwater Taro Fishponds), Loko Wai (Freshwater Ponds), Loko Puʻunone (Brackish Water Ponds), Loko Kuapā (Seawater Ponds), Loko ‘Ume‘iki (Fish Traps), and Kāheka/Hāpunapuna (A Natural Pool/Holding Pond)?
The language family that Hawaiian evolved from.
What is the Austronesian language family?
The four Kona chiefs and one warrior who supported Kamehameha I.
Who are Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi, Keaweaheulu Kaluaʻāpana, Kekūhaupiʻo, and Kameʻeiamoku and Kamanawa?
The name of the last chief of Kauaʻi who relinquished his power to Kamehameha I.
Who is Kaumualiʻi?