Chapter 6
An area ruled by a paramount chief
What is a chiefdom?
The ability to read and write
What is literate?
Refers to business, industry and trade
What is a commercial?
To give up power or territory
What is to cede?
A well known Japanese trader in Chuuk that married a local and had 12 children
Name given to sexually transmitted diseases, especially venereal disease
What is the pox?
To give new strength, energy, or life to something
What is to revive?
Refers to the circular shape of an object
What is a disc?
An agreement or partnership
What is an alliance?
Bribed the high chief of Pingelap to not allow missionaries on the island
Who is Bully Hayes?
A reward given for the capture of someone
What is a bounty
Name given to people who do not follow a major religion, such as Christianity
What is a heathen?
To cut into rock
What is to quarry?
Buildings for soldiers located within a fort
What are barracks?
The Wasai of Madolenihmw and Nahnken of Kitti both helped him in his ministry by leading their people to follow the missionaries
Who is Reverend Sturges?
Someone who cannot be trusted and causes trouble
What is a rogue?
A house where men visit prostitutes
What is a brothel?
To capture or kidnap and runaway
A short conflict or dispute
What is a skirmish?
Accidentally raised the United status flag instead of the Hawaiian flag
Who is Captain Eldridge?
A large whale hunted for its oil and other products
What is a sperm whale?
The American Board of Commissioners were motivated to send missionaries to Micronesia to clean up the moral and physical damages caused by beachcombers and _________________.
Who are Whalers?
A resource from the Carolines that was extremely popular with the traders because it made transporting much easier to make coconut oil
What is copra?
The paramount chief in Kitti wanted to build a Catholic Church in his chiefdom because he feared the growing power of __________ from the protestant church
Who is Henry Nanpei?
A respectable beachcomber who gave a lot of support to the missionaries and even guided ships into the harbor
Who is Louis Corgat?