CKLA Geology Ch. 5: Mythic Volcano Spirits

The name of the Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes is:

• Lava Bringer

• Kauai

• Volcani

• Pele

Ancient Hawaiian cultures believed that ________ lived inside volcanoes.

• lava monsters

• their ancestors

• mythical animals

• powerful spirits

Na-maka-o-kaha'i is:

• Pele's sister

• the goddess of the ocean

• Pele's bitter enemy

• all of the above

• none of the above

Pele's idea of a good home is:

• a huge hole in the ground, warmed by fires of hot lava

• a straw hut with a view of the ocean

• on a cliff side overlooking the crashing waves

• none of the above

Pele had a magic __________.

• digging stick

• wand for transforming lava into rock

• canoe that would never sink

• rock for showing her where to find lava pits

After a volcanic eruption, the bowl-shaped depression often left behind is called:

• a lava bowl

• a magma chamber

• a caldera

• a ridge

How did Lohi'au die?

• drowned by Pele's sister in a fit of jealousy

• buried by a huge river of lava sent by Pele

• fell into a caldera while trying to get to Pele

• old age

The name of the deep, nearly circular lake in the Cascade Mountain Range that fills the caldera of an ancient, nearly dormant volcano called Mount Mazama is _________.

• Crater Lake

• Mazama Lake

• Klamath Waterway

• Oregon Lake

When Monadalkni proposed to Loha, what was her reaction?

• She agreed in exchange for many gifts

• She asked for her father's blessing

• She agreed in exchange for eternal life

• She refused and hid

In the story, where did the rains come from that put out the volcanic fires and filled the caldera, creating Crater Lake?

• The lightning gods sent the rains

• Loha used a rain stick to call down the storm clouds

• The Klamath elders prayed for rain

• There was no rain, only flood waters from melting glaciers

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