Customs and Festivities
Arts, Skills, and Education
Social Structure
Government
Trade
100
When dealing with marriage, ancient Chamorros practiced __________.
Monogamy
100
Who mainly did the weaving?
Women
100
What was caste based on?
Birth
100
Who can levy fines?
Maga'lahi
100
What is inter-island trade?
Trade within an island
200
Name two activities that were included in festivities.
Singing, dancing, and competition
200
Who taught children most things?
Their parents
200
What were the two social castes in ancient Chamorro society?
Chamorri and Manachang
200
What was the decision-making group in a village called?
Village Council
200
What are two items that may have been traded between the people of the Mariana Islands?
Basalt and Pugua
300
What did a women do when she wanted to divorce her husband?
Leave her husband's house.
300
What was the best rope made from?
Dried fiber of a coconut husk
300
What were two social classes in ancient Chamorro society?
Chamorri was divided into Matua and Acha'ot.
300
Decisions were made by a _____________.
Consensus
300
Who did the Chamorros trade with within Micronesia?
The people of the Caroline Islands
400
Adopted children had all the rights and obligations of natural children except _______________.
A titled position
400
Name two places where petroglyphs can be found.
Inarajan, Talolofo, and Ritidian
400
How were tasks assigned to children?
Based on their abilities.
400
What was the punishment of outsiders who broke the rules of society?
Death or declaration of war on their village.
400
What product did Chamorros want from the Europeans?
Metal and metal products
500
How deep below the surface was a dead body buried?
12 - 39 inches
500
What was a musical instrument used by the ancient Chamorros?
Bilembao Tuyan
500
What is the difference between social caste and social class?
In a caste system you remain in that caste. In a class system there is mobility.
500
What are two things that lower caste could not do?
Could not own land, eat or drink in the presence of the high caste, approach a noble or a noble’s house without permission.
500
During historical times, what were two things the Chamorros traded within Micronesia?
Tobacco, pipes, trade cloth, and metal products
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