Polynesian Settlement

Who settled Hawaii before sustained contact with Europeans?

• European railroad workers
• Spanish gold miners
• Arctic whalers alone
• Polynesian voyagers

Which natural clues helped Polynesian navigators travel across the Pacific?

• Road signs and railroad tracks
• Desert rock layers alone
• Satellites and GPS receivers
• Stars, winds, and ocean currents

Which activities supported early Native Hawaiian island societies?

• Only industrial factory production
• Only underground coal mining
• Agriculture, fishing, and aquaculture
• Only continental reindeer hunting

What relationship was central to traditional Hawaiian land stewardship?

• Isolation of mountains from all coastal activity
• Replacement of freshwater with seawater
• Connections between upland and coastal resources
• Removal of every cultivated crop

How did Native Hawaiian communities preserve historical knowledge?

• Through oral traditions and storytelling
• Only through nineteenth-century newspapers
• Only through satellite photographs
• By avoiding language and stories