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Hawaiian Culture

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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

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

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

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

Who does the term Native Hawaiian identify?

  • The Indigenous people of the Hawaiian Islands
  • Every person who has ever visited Hawaii
  • Only employees of visitor resorts
  • Every resident regardless of heritage
Correct answer(s):
  • The Indigenous people of the Hawaiian Islands

Which phrase is Hawaii’s official state motto?

  • E pluribus unum
  • Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono
  • Sic semper tyrannis
  • Live Free or Die
Correct answer(s):
  • Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono

What makes ʻIolani Palace historically significant?

  • It housed the first U.S. Congress
  • Its connection to the Hawaiian monarchy
  • It is Hawaii’s tallest volcano
  • It is the site of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor
Correct answer(s):
  • Its connection to the Hawaiian monarchy

What does ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi mean?

  • The Hawaiian language
  • A Hawaiian volcano
  • The state legislature
  • A Pacific ocean current
Correct answer(s):
  • The Hawaiian language

What sound does the Hawaiian ʻokina represent?

  • A long vowel alone
  • A silent final letter
  • A glottal stop
  • An English plural ending
Correct answer(s):
  • A glottal stop

Which two languages are official in Hawaii?

  • English and Japanese
  • English and Hawaiian
  • Hawaiian and French
  • English and Spanish
Correct answer(s):
  • English and Hawaiian