The Kapu System

The Hawaiian word for "spiritual power" is...

• Kapu

• Mana

• Puʻuhonua

• Kauā

A special heiau that you could go to for safety after breaking a kapu is...

• Kapu

• Mana

• Puʻuhonua

• Kauā

The Hawaiian word that means laws, rules, and forbidden is...

• Kapu

• Mana

• Puʻuhonua

• Kauā

Is this a conservation or social control kapu?

Men and women could not eat together.

• Social Control: Male dominance

• Social Control: Social class hierarchy

• Conservation of resources

Is this a social control or conservation kapu?

It is forbidden to bathe where you get your drinking water.

• Social Control: Male dominance

• Social Control: Social class hierarchy

• Conservation of resources

Is this a social control or conservation kapu?

Fish could not be caught during their spawning period.

• Social Control: Male dominance

• Social Control: Social class hierarchy

• Conservation of resources

Is this a social control or conservation kapu?

Women were not allowed to eat pork and certain types of bananas and fish.

• Social Control: Male dominance

• Social Control: Social class hierarchy

• Conservation of resources

Is this a social control or conservation kapu?

Makaʻāinana could not touch or allow their shadow to cross with an aliʻi.

• Social Control: Male dominance

• Social Control: Social class hierarchy

• Conservation of resources

Choose all the kapu that we do not practice in modern society:

• Men and women could not eat together.

• It is forbidden to bathe where you get your drinking water.

• Fish could not be caught during their spawning period.

• Women were not allowed to eat pork and certain kinds of fish and bananas.

• Makaʻāinana could not touch, look, or have their shadow cross with an aliʻi.

Choose all the kapu that we do still practice in modern society:

• Men and women could not eat together.

• It is forbidden to bathe where you get your drinking water.

• Fish could not be caught during their spawning period.

• Women were not allowed to eat pork and certain kinds of fish and bananas.

• Makaʻāinana could not touch, look, or have their shadow cross with an aliʻi.