Exam 3: Trobian Islanders

Question 1

Where are the trobian islanders located?

Answer 1

Trobian islands off of Papua new Guinea

[north of austrailia]

Question 2

Which is the most populated of the trobian islands?

Answer 2

kiwiwina

the majorit of the pop would say kiwis are cute.

Question 3

Where did the name of the islands “Trobrian” originate?

Answer 3

from the co-captain of the european ship that contacted them in 1793

Question 4

Who traveled to the islands in the 1930’s in attempt to de-savage the trobians and instill the faith of god?

Answer 4

Sacred heart catholic missionaries

Question 5

who mordernized anthropology by first studying the trobrian islanders by means of “participant observation”?

Answer 5

Bronislaw Malinowski

Question 6

What is the population of the trobian islands today? Just Kiriwina?

Answer 6

Total: 30,000
Kiriwina: 25,000

Question 7

What are the trobrian islanders favorite food???

Answer 7

YAMS!

Question 8

who grows food gardens?

Answer 8

women