Islands/Formation
Mariana Islands
Yap
Palau
Settlement/Migration
100

My island recently was approved for a NGO to come and build large water tanks in each residential home. Where do I live? 

What is Gilbert Island ? 

100

What are the stone columns that houses in traditional Chamorro households or club houses sit on? 

What is Latte? 

100

What are the club houses called for the young unmarried men? 

faluw
100

What is the name of the Elite and the Commoners of traditional Palauan culture? 

meteet and chebuuch

100

Where do Astronesians originate from? 

Taiwan

200

My edaphic properties here are rich. I have variable topography and much of my work is agriculture related. What type of island do I live on? 

Volcanic (High) Island

200

Highest ranking males and highest ranking females are called 

maga lahe

maha haga

200

What are the two lines of kin groups? Tell me which one handles land ownership? 

Tabinauw (Tabinaw) 

genung (Matirilineal)


200

A village that is comprised of multiple clans have _____that take up leadership in each village?

four corner posts, or four original clans to take up leadership

200
Explain what happens in M-5

What is migration into Kapingamarangi?

300

Its very difficult to grow crops in my area. We don't have much topography to support taro patches but we have abundance of coconut. What type of Island do I live on?

What is Coral Islands? 

300
Give me the class ranks in Chamorro society from least to greatest. 
What is 


mangachang

atchoat

matua

300

What are the divisions of social classes in yapese society?

Old men, Old women

Adult men, Adult females

Young women, and children 

300

What is a vehicle for manipulation in Palauan culture? 

What is marriage to higher wealthier individuals? 

300
Before the migration to the FSM, what needed to happen first? 

 what is Heavy settlement in the Bismarch Archepelago? 

400

I am able to plant abundantly on my island, taro patches, bread fruit, yams, and so forth. I find it difficult when I meet my cousins from the Marshall's who are limited in what they plant. Where could I possibly be located? (Hint: Multiple areas) 

What Is Caroline Islands? What is Mariana Islands? 

400

What is the significance of having a 92% population decrease in the Chamorro culture? 

Loss of Culture, Loss of Language, Loss of Heritage 

400
I am part of a rival village in Yap. We have had lesser rainfall and we have to share with other villages to promote peace. What were we expected to do? 

Ceremonial Exchange (mitmit) 

400

What is the second highest population demographic of Palau and why

What is Asian?

400

What are the three topics that support the Austronesian Settlement? 

What is DNA, Language, and archeological (lapita complex) 

500

All of my islands are coral islands, we have created hydroponics for agriculture and we are capitalizing on our ability to create copra. What area do I live in? (Hint: there are two areas) 

Marshall Islands and the Gilbert Islands. 

500

Who populated the Mariana Islands first? 

Phillipines 

500

When it comes to castes and classes in Yap, things were fixed. What is the high class and what is the low class in Yapese society?

pilung

pimilingai

500

Palau is different when it comes to migration patterns because they are believed to have come from ________________, regardless they are Austronesian 

What is Java, of Indonesia 

500

What comes first in this instance of these early Austronesian navigators? Settlement or Migration?

What is Migration? 

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