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What does kapu mean?
Sacred or holy
What are the three classes of people in ancient Hawaii?
Aliʻi, Makaainana, and the Kauā.
What is Ao?
Light
What are the four ranks of Aliʻi?
The Aliʻi were ranked, highest to lowest, pi'o, l'aupi'o, naha, and wohi.
Who banished the Kapu?
Kamehameha III Liholiho
What is obesity?
A chronic medical condition characterized by excessive accumulation of body fat that poses a risk to health.
Which group channelled the Mana?
The Aliʻi.
What is AO associated with?
Men
What were the duties of the Makaainana?
Fishing, hunting, farming, and serving to the Aliʻi.
Who wanted the Kapu banned?
Kaahumanu and Keopuolani
What is mana according to the article?
Mana is the "positive manifestation of spirituality and power (which] emanated from the gods and was channeled through the Ali'i"
Which group of ancient Hawaiians were the fishermen, craftsmen, and farmners?
The Makaainana
What is Pō?
Darkness
What were the duties of the Aliʻi?
Provide supernatural security for the people.
Who broke the kapu first?
Keopuolani and Kamehemeha III Kaikeaouli
What is Kapu associated with?
Kapu is associated with what is divine.
Who were the outcasts?
The kauā.
What is Pō associated with?
Women
What are Kahuna?
The kahuna (priests and occupational experts) were part of the ali'i class and included traditional medical doctors called kahuna lã'au lapa'au.
How was the Kapu eventually banished?
Liholiho ate with the women?
What is Noa associated with?
Noa is associated with things that are not divine (i.e., profane).
Where does the article say the Kauā come from?
Earlier migrants who were conquered by the Hawaiians.
Other than male and female what does Ao and Pō represent?
Ao represented life, light, sky, day, strength, and knowledge. The female element Po represented darkness, death, earth, night, weakness, and ignorance.
How did the Aliʻi get power?
The ali'i were persons who "derived their high status by virtue of the fact that they were direct descendants of the gods.
What does the author say was "good" about the kapu?
The diet was better for the Health of the Hawaiians.