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MARIANA ISLANDS
YAP
PALAU
MISC
DATES
100

WHAT ARE THE STONE COLUMNS CALLED THAT SUPPORT THE HOUSES AND DWELLING OF CHAMORRO PEOPLE? 

LATTE

100
WHAT ARE THE PUBLIC HALLS CALLED? WHAT ARE THE CLUB HOUSES CALLED? 

PEBAI AND FALUW

100

WHAT ARE THE ELITE INDIVIDUALS CALLED IN PALAUAN CULTURE? 

METEET

100

WHAT IS YAP PROPER? 

THE MAIN ISLAND OF YAP, NO OUTER ISLANDS 
100
IF I TOLD YOU THAT MIGRATION INTO MARIAN ISLAND OCCURRED IN 3500BP. WHAT IS THE THAT IN CALENDAR YEARS? 

1550 BC

200

WHAT IS THE TERM THAT BEST DESCRIBE THE MATRILINEAL DESCENT LINE OF THE CHAMORRO PEOPLE? 

ACHAFNAK 

200

HOW IS THE LEADERSHIP OR THE VILLAGE HEAD DETERMINED? 

BY PATRILINEAL LINEAGE AKA TABINAUW

200
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE THE 'FOUR CORNER POSTS'

IT MEANS YOU WERE THE STRONGER VILLAGES, USUALLY DETERMINED BY ORDER OF ARRIVAL OR SETTLEMENT. 

200

WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC DRIVERS OF THE WESTERN LANDS? 

AGRICULTURE AND FISHING

200

WHEN DID MAGELLAN ARRIVE IN MICRONESIA?

1521AD

300

WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS IN CHAMORRO CULTURE? 

MATUA-NOBLE


ATCHOAT-HIGH RANKING COMMONERS 


MANGATCHAG-LOW RANKING COMMONERS 

300

CLANS REPRESENTED A SAFETY NET OF SURVIVAL. WHEN EXCHANGES OCCUR IT IS CALLED A ____________

MITMIT

300

WHAT ARE THE MALE CLUBHOUSES CALLED IN TRADITIONAL PALAUAN CULTURE?

BAI

300

WHAT IS A SIMILARITY THAT IS SHARED AMONG ALL OF THE WESTERN LANDS WHEN IT COMES TO SHELTER? 

ELEVATED STONE PLATFORMS 

BAI- PALAU 

PEBAI- YAP

300

IF SETTLEMENT OCCURRED IN 3500BP WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME I AM LOOKING AT TO THE POINT OF FIRST EUROPEAN CONTACT? HOW MANY YEARS OF SETTLEMENT HAS OCCURRED HERE? 

1550BC-1521AD

3071 YEARS OF LIVING AND SETTLING AND ESTABLISHING LIFE. 

400

WHAT ARE THE TERMS TO BEST DESCRIBE THE HIGHEST RANKING MALE AND HIGHEST RANKING FEMALE? 

MAGA LAHE

MAGA HAGA

400

WHAT ARE THE CATEGORIES OF AGE DIVISION IN THE YAPESE CULTURE?

OLD MEN

OLD WOMEN

ADULT MALE

ADULT FEMALE

YOUNG WOMEN 

CHILDREN

400

WHAT IS CHAMPADA? 

"COMPETITIVE SPIRIT"

400

WHAT IS THE NUCLEAR FAMILY OF TRADITIONAL WESTERN LAND CULTURE? 

"IT TAKES A VILLAGE" 

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN EXTENDED FAMILY. EVERYONE LIVED CLOSE AND COMMUNICATED WITH ONE ANOTHER. CHILDREN WERE RAISED BY A VILLAGE. 

400
IF I SAY THAT THE FIRST EUROPEANS ARRIVED IN 1526AD AND THE BELIEVED SETTLEMENT PERIOD OCCURRED IN 450BC. WHAT IS THE CARBON DATING YEAR? AND HOW LONG HAVE THESE INDIVIDUALS SETTLED IN THE AREA? 

2400BP 

1976 YEARS OF SETTLMENT

500

WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HAVING A HUGH POPULATION LOSS? WHAT CAUSED THIS LOSS IN THE FIRST PLACE? 

-LOSS OF CULTURE, LANGUAGE, CAUSING THE UPTAKE OF THE SPANISH CULTURE AND THE CREATING A LOSS THAT CANT BE RECOVERED. 

-DISEASE AND CONFLICT BETWEEN THE CHAMORRO AND THE SPANISH

500

WHAT ARE THE TWO DIVISION OF THE YAPESE CASTE SYSTEMS AND THEIR SUB CLASSES? 

PILUNG: ULUN AND BILCHE

PIMILINGAI: TETHEBAN, METHBAN, DOURCHIG

500

WHAT IS C.A.M? WHAT IS ITS SIGNIFICANCE? 

COMPETITION-ACCUMULATION-MANIPULATION

THE STRIVE TO BECOME WEALTHY AND TO GAIN POWER. THIS COMES AFTER ESTABLISHMENT OF SETTLEMENT, PEOPLE NOW WERE NOT JUST SURVIVING, THEY WERE TRYING TO GET THE UPPER HAND. 

500

THERE IS AN ADDITIVE PROPERTY THAT OCCURS IN THE WESTERN LANDS? WHAT IS THIS ADDITIVE PROPERTY OR CONCEPT? 

C.A.M AND CHAMPADA 

THESE WERE THE OLDEST SETTLE AREAS OF MICRONESIA, MEANING THEY HAD SETTLEMENTS THAT WERE THERE LONGER. WHEN YOU EXIST LONGER, YOU START LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ACCUMULATE WEALTH AND STATUS, NOT JUST SURVIVING. 

500

IF I GAVE YOU THE YEAR 1000BP, GIVE ME THE YEARS IN CALANDER YEAR AND GIVE ME THE SETTLMENT PERIOD IF I TOLD YOU THE EUROPEANS ARRIVED IN 1521?

950AD-1521AD

571 YEARS OF SETTLMENT