Hwst Exam 2 study guide Flashcards
Hānau ka ‘āina, Hānau ke ali’i, Hānau ke kanaka
Born was the land, born were the chiefs, born were the common people
(The land, the chiefs, and the commoners belong together)
Andesite line
Major geological division between volcanic and continental geology (different plates)
Marks western edge of pacific plate
Continental Islands & Volcanic Islands
Continental: formed by sedimentation
Volcanic: mostly by volcanic intrusion of plates
High island
large islands with mountains (volcanic)
(Ex. Hawaiian islands)
Makatea
Coral island from tectonic uplift (cliffs all over and in the shore)
Some are volcanic
Atoll
Low island w reef with no central island
Coral Reefs
Skeleton structure and ocean habitat
Endemic
species only found in Hawai’i (not naturally found anywhere else)
Indigenous
Found regionally in Pacific (native but may have a wider distribution)
Polynesian Introduction
Brought by Polynesian settlers (domestic dog, pic for food)
Convergence Zone
Areas of plate to plate interaction (where tectonic plates meet)
All the landmasses in the pacific created by _________
___ major plates
plate tectonics and volcanism
8 major plates
Hot spot
Area of volcanic eruption
Lōʻihi
Newest Hawn island/Kamaʻehu
Plate Tectonics
Explanation of how landforms are created from earth subterranean movement (tectonic activity)
Volcanism
activity when hot melted rock (magma) comes out of volcano into lava
Orographic process
wind travels upward on Windward side = rain -> wind descents on Leeward side = hot, dry
Oahu = ->west = leeward / <-east = windward
Kona
Leeward
Koʻolau
Windward
Ahupuaʻa
Social political land unit (how boundaries were marked)
From mountain to sea - each ruled by different Ali’i & Konohiki (land steward)
ʻamaʻama
Mullet fish at an adult stage (grown in Kuapā ponds)
ʻawa
Milkfish
ʻauwai
ditch (canal, aquaculture) brought water to land and taro/kalo plants
loʻi
taro field
Wai ola a Kāne
Living waters of Kāne (Kāne provides fresh water)
Kānewai
Place name for Hawaiian Studies (in Manoa valley, UHM)
kinolau
body forms of gods; multiple forms
māla
dry land agricultural plot (different to lo’i)
mauka
upland direction (toward mountains, far from ocean)
makai
coastal direction (near ocean, far from mountains)
ulu
breadfruit tree (fruit that taste like potato)