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Hawaiian History/ Pacific Nations- Miss. Hill

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Kamehameha was born where?

a)

Hilo

b)

Waimea

c)

Kohala

d)

Waikoloa

2.

Main chiefs were given?

a)

Special status

b)

Money

c)

Food

d)

Grants of lands

3.

What was the turning point for Kamehameha?

a)

Battle of Nu'uanu

b)

Kalaniopu'u training Kamehameha for battle

c)

Kamehameha and Kiwaloa were at war

d)

Kamehameha being born

4.

Oral History is

a)

information about the past that you get from talking to people about their experiences, families, etc

b)

Information that is written in a book about a certain topic or event

c)

an article written in a book about certain event or topic

d)

all of the above

5.

Kamehameha means

a)

The Great

b)

The lonely one

c)

Chief

d)

all of the above

6.

Ancestral war God is who?

a)

Pele

b)

Lono

c)

Waiakea

d)

Ku

7.

Who were the two foreigners that trained Kamehameha's men to handle cannons and rifles?

a)

John Young

b)

John Smith

c)

Isaac Davis

d)

Ian Adams

8.

The Battle of Nu`uanu occurred on which island?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Maui

c)

Oahu

d)

Lanai

9.

Which is not a reason how Kamehameha the Great united the islands?

a)

His men had better training in cannons and rifles

b)

He was a skilled warrior

c)

He was a good leader

d)

His enemies were weak and easy to defeat

10.

True or False: Kamehameha always made the right decisions.

a)

True

b)

False

11.
Which of Kamehameha's children would become Kamehameha II?
a)
Nahi'ena'ena
b)
Kekuhaupi'o
c)
Liholiho
d)
Kauikeaouili
12.
Who was Kamehameha's favorite wife?
a)
Nahi'ena'ena
b)
Keopuolani
c)
Ka'ahumanu
d)
Keku'iapoiwa
13.
Who was Kamehameha I's uncle that wanted to kill him when he was born?
a)
Alapa'inui
b)
Nahi'ena'ena
c)
Kauikeaouili
d)
Keku'iapoiwa
14.
Who took care of Kamehameha after he was born?
a)
Kaha'opulani
b)
Keopuolani
c)
Ka'ahumanu
d)
Keku'iapoiwa
15.
What did "Pai'ea" mean?
a)
Hard Shelled Crab
b)
The Lonely One
c)
The Conqueror
d)
The First King
16.
This is a portrait of:
a)
Kamehameha the Great
b)
Liholiho
c)
Kauikeaouli
d)
Alexander Liholiho Iolani
17.

What is the capital of Hawaii?

a)

Honolulu

b)

Maui

c)

Oahu

18.

A lot of what fruit is grown in Hawaii?

a)

apples

b)

pineapples

c)

cherries

19.

True or False? There are many volcanoes on the Hawaiian islands?

a)

True

b)

False

20.

In which ocean is Hawaii?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Arctic

c)

Pacific

21.

What is a dormant volcano?

a)

a volcano that is inactive

b)

a volcano that is errupting

c)

a volcano that has crumbled

22.

How many islands make up Hawaii?

a)

58

b)

5

c)

132

23.

Hawaii is known as the USA's ______ th State

a)

20th

b)

30th

c)

40th

d)

50th

24.

Who was the first European to 'discover' Hawaii

a)

Joshua Cook

b)

John Cook

c)

James Cook

d)

Jacob Cook

25.

James Cook discovered Hawaii in which year?

a)

1778

b)

1688

c)

1888

26.

What is the name of Hawaii's active volcano?

a)

Vesusvius

b)

Kilauea

c)

Krakatoa

d)

Pinatubo

27.

The largest Hawaiian island is called ...

a)

The Major island

b)

The Main island

c)

The East island

d)

The Big island

28.

This is a shelf that is gently sloped and extends from the shoreline toward the deep-ocean basin.

a)

continental shelf

b)

continental basin

c)

seamount

d)

continental rise

29.

Moving crustal plates plunging back into Earth's mantle causes this feature

a)

deep-ocean trench

b)

turbidity currents

c)

continental rise

d)

submarine canyon

30.

Which condition is NOT needed for growth of coral

a)

cold water

b)

clear water

c)

warm water

d)

sunlight

31.

Where would you expect to find the most undersea life?

a)

Mid-ocean ridge

b)

Continental slope

c)

Continental shelf

d)

Abyssal plain

32.

What is the deepest part of the ocean where two planes collided called?

a)

Trench

b)

Abyssal plain

c)

Seamount

d)

Atoll

33.
What does label D represent on the picture? 
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
mid ocean ridge
34.
What does label C represent in the picture? 
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
35.

What does label A represent in the picture?

a)

continental slope

b)

continental shelf

c)

abyssal plain

d)

sea mount

36.

What is the shallowest part of the ocean called?

a)

Continental shelf

b)

Continental slope

c)

Intertidal zone

d)

Trench

37.

Where is new ocean floor being formed at?

a)

The shoreline

b)

Atolls

c)

Seamounts

d)

Mid-ocean ridge

38.

What is a volcanic mountain under the surface of an ocean called?

a)

Seavolcano

b)

Seamount

c)

Volcano

d)

Ridge

39.

Why are coral reefs considered a living structure?

a)

Many animals live in coral reefs

b)

Coral reefs are made with living corals

c)

Animals eat coral

d)

Coral is made out of minerals

40.

What is a ring of islands around a shallow lagoon called?

a)

Atoll

b)

Coral reef

c)

Estuary

d)

Seamount

41.

What makes the continental shelf rich with marine life?

a)

Sunlight

b)

Coral

c)

Warm water

d)

Sediment

42.

Coral reefs are endangered by

a)

climate change

b)

overfishing

c)

pollution

d)

all of the above

43.

Which of the following is NOT a type of coral reef?

a)

Fringing reefs

b)

Barrier reefs

c)

Atolls

d)

Crustacean

44.
Coral reef is an animal
a)
false
b)
true
45.
A coral reef provides ________ for small fish.
a)
food
b)
shelter
c)
friends
46.
Cultural diffusion is best described as...
a)
sharing music from one culture to another
b)
Cultural margarine
c)
the spreading of religion
d)
the spreading of ideas, languages, and traditions from one culture to another
47.
Culture is a set of learned behaviors passed down through generations.
a)
True 
b)
False
48.
Religion spreads by
a)
missionaries
b)
migration
c)
trade
d)
all of these
49.
After the decline of the whaling industry, what business became profitable for Hawaii? 
a)
Sandalwood
b)
Taro 
c)
Sugarcane
d)
Fishing
50.
What was the nickname for the companies that controlled the sugar industry in Hawaii?
a)
The Sugar Barons
b)
Castle and Cooke
c)
The Big Five
d)
Big Businesses 
51.
Hawaii Creole English or "Pidgin" was created to...
a)
by the plantation owners to talk to the workers.
b)
allow different cultures working on the plantation talk to each other. 
c)
have everyone stop speaking their native language and learn English.
d)
help people learn more of the Hawaiian language.
52.
Pidgin was a mix of various languages. What was NOT one of these languages?
a)
Japanese
b)
Hawaiian
c)
Russian
d)
Filipino
53.
Why did Hawaiian sugar plantations need immigrant laborers?
a)
Hawaiians did not want to work in these plantations.
b)
The Hawaiian population was continuing to decline.
c)
Workers in Hawaii were asking for too much money.
54.
The majority of plantation laborers (workers) emigrated from what continent? 
a)
South America
b)
North America
c)
Europe
d)
Asia
55.
Although most immigrants were from Asia, some emigrated from European countries as well. Which of the following formed the largest group? 
a)
Scottish
b)
Portuguese
c)
British
d)
German
56.
The first major group to immigrate. Many were men and married Hawaiian women. They also were known to be hardworking businessmen and were competition for other tradesmen. 
a)
Korean
b)
Chinese
c)
Japanese
d)
Filipino
57.
Immigrants of this nationality made up 40% of the population by the early 1900's. They outnumbered the Chinese and eventually there was a law that halted (stopped) further immigration. 
a)
Korean
b)
Filipino
c)
Japanese
d)
Portuguese 
58.
The _________ were the last large-scale arrival of immigrant groups to the Hawaii plantations. Their heritage combines that of their native islands but also Spanish influence from being ruled by the Spanish empire for almost 400 years.
a)
Filipinos
b)
Koreans
c)
Chinese
d)
Puerto Ricans 
59.

What was the main crop the United States was interested in from Hawaii?

a)

Sugar

b)

Apples

c)

Tabacco

d)

Wheat

60.
When was the first sugarcane plantation established in Hawaii?
a)
In the 18th century
b)
In the 19th century
c)
In the 20th century
d)
In the 21st century
61.
What caused a labor shortage in the 1850s and forced the plantation owners to look to foreign countries for more workers?
a)
disease
b)
drought
c)
floods
d)
your mom
62.
Thousands of workers were brought in to work the plantations.  Which of these countries WERE NOT included?
a)
Germany
b)
Denmark
c)
Scotland
d)
Canada
63.
There was a lot of misunderstandings and arguments because the workers did not share a common language.  Which of the following was the first way they all communicated?
a)
Hawaiian Pidgin
b)
English Pidgin
c)
Hawaiian Creole
d)
Chinese

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