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Which combination of settings supports science research in Hawaii?

  • Inland continental deserts and polar ice
  • Only paved parking lots
  • High mountain sites and ocean environments
  • Only underground mines
Correct answer(s):
  • High mountain sites and ocean environments

What is true of the University of Hawaiʻi system?

  • It has only one campus on Niʻihau
  • It includes institutions on several islands
  • It operates only on the U.S. mainland
  • It has no research programs
Correct answer(s):
  • It includes institutions on several islands

Why was Hawaii strategically important to U.S. forces in World War II?

  • Its land border with Europe
  • Its location supported Pacific military operations
  • Its large continental wheat belt
  • Its distance from every ocean
Correct answer(s):
  • Its location supported Pacific military operations

Which branch interprets state law and resolves legal disputes in Hawaii?

  • Legislative branch
  • Judicial branch
  • Executive branch alone
  • Postal branch
Correct answer(s):
  • Judicial branch

Which activity supports Hawaiian-language revitalization?

  • Banning Hawaiian written materials
  • Removing Hawaiian names from schools
  • Language-immersion education
  • Replacing all classrooms with tourist guides
Correct answer(s):
  • Language-immersion education

Which statement describes Hawaii’s assignment of government services?

  • The state provides some services often run by local municipalities elsewhere
  • Every town has a separate mayor and city council
  • The federal government performs all local services
  • No public schools exist in Hawaii
Correct answer(s):
  • The state provides some services often run by local municipalities elsewhere

Why are the ʻokina and kahakō important in written Hawaiian?

  • They can affect pronunciation and meaning
  • They indicate U.S. ZIP codes
  • They represent fractions
  • They serve only as page decorations
Correct answer(s):
  • They can affect pronunciation and meaning

Kalawao County is associated with which area?

  • Kalaupapa on Molokaʻi
  • Honolulu Harbor on Oʻahu
  • Waimea Canyon on Kauaʻi
  • Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island
Correct answer(s):
  • Kalaupapa on Molokaʻi

How can hula serve an educational purpose?

  • It replaces all written laws
  • It conveys history, poetry, and stories of places
  • It measures economic output
  • It predicts earthquake magnitudes
Correct answer(s):
  • It conveys history, poetry, and stories of places

What does Hawaii’s constitution recognize about language?

  • Only English is recognized
  • Hawaiian is prohibited in schools
  • English and Hawaiian are official languages
  • Only French and English are official
Correct answer(s):
  • English and Hawaiian are official languages

Why is aloha more than a simple greeting?

  • It is the Hawaiian word for volcano
  • It refers only to rainfall
  • It has no cultural meaning
  • It also expresses cultural ideas of care and relationships
Correct answer(s):
  • It also expresses cultural ideas of care and relationships

Why is the nēnē important to Hawaiian conservation?

  • It is an introduced livestock breed
  • It is the state’s principal timber tree
  • It is a deep-sea coral species
  • It is a native bird with conservation significance
Correct answer(s):
  • It is a native bird with conservation significance

Which immigration pattern helped shape Hawaii’s plantation society?

  • Migration exclusively from Antarctica
  • Arrival of workers from Asian and European regions
  • Complete absence of overseas workers
  • Movement only from inland U.S. deserts
Correct answer(s):
  • Arrival of workers from Asian and European regions

What was one long-term social effect of plantation labor migration?

  • The elimination of Hawaiian languages
  • A more multicultural population
  • The disappearance of every island community
  • A uniform population with no migration history
Correct answer(s):
  • A more multicultural population

What contributed substantially to Native Hawaiian population losses after foreign contact?

  • A continent-wide glacier advance
  • Decline in polar bear populations
  • Introduced infectious diseases
  • Construction of the Panama Canal
Correct answer(s):
  • Introduced infectious diseases

Which combination determines population change over time?

  • Births, deaths, immigration, and emigration
  • Only the number of airports
  • Only rainfall totals
  • Only the number of tourists
Correct answer(s):
  • Births, deaths, immigration, and emigration

What did the December 1941 Japanese attacks target on Oʻahu?

  • Only rural coffee farms
  • Only underwater coral reefs
  • Pearl Harbor and other military installations
  • Only the Hawaiian state legislature
Correct answer(s):
  • Pearl Harbor and other military installations

Who heads the executive branch of Hawaii’s state government?

  • The mayor of Los Angeles
  • A hereditary monarch
  • An elected governor
  • A federal district judge
Correct answer(s):
  • An elected governor

What was one impact of plantation agriculture in Hawaii?

  • The end of all trade with the mainland
  • Creation of a continental ice sheet
  • Changes in land use and labor systems
  • Elimination of every immigrant community
Correct answer(s):
  • Changes in land use and labor systems