PACIFIC ISLAND PEOPLES- ANTH 135 -
KNOWLEDGE SURVEY - LESSONS 1 - 3
- FALL '09

This is a Knowledge Survey rather than a test. There are no right or wrong answers. While you will not be graded on this survey, please be very candid in your responses!

By completing this survey, both at the beginning and at the end of the lessons your instructor will be able to gauge your initial level of knowledge and then measure the amount of knowledge you gain during the semester. This information will help your instructor modify and improve the course and program.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Read each statement carefully and then choose a response based on the following instructions:

Choose 1=V.LOW as your response to the item if you are not at all confident in your skills in the area and do not feel you can demonstrate these skills on a test/essay/research paper.

Choose 2=LOW as your response to the item if you feel only minimally confident about your skills in the area and can barely demonstrate these skills at a reasonable level on a test/essay/research paper.

Choose 3=MEDIUM as your response to the item if you feel fairly confident about your skills in the area and can demonstrate these skills at a reasonable level on a test/essay/research paper.

Choose 4=HIGH as your response to the item if you feel quite confident about your skills in the area and can demonstrate these skills at a high level on a test/essay/research paper.

Choose 5=V.HIGH as your response to the item if you feel extremely confident about your skills in the area and can demonstrate these skills at a very high level on a test/essay/research paper.

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BEGINNING END
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Type In Your Name and the Code Word -- (see the instructions on our WebCT BB)
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ANTH 135 - LESSON 1 - Student Learning Outcomes -
Upon successful completion of ANTH 135, the student should be able to:
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USING THE SCALE DESCRIBED ABOVE, PLEASE EVALUATE YOUR ABILITY TO DEMONSTRATE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SKILLS:

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1. Recognize the voyaging spirit and skills of Pacific island navigators.
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2. Explain Pacific settlement theory and the types of evidence used in the development of this theory.
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3. Explain the relationship between culture and ecology in the Pacific Islands
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4. Identify cultural differences and similarities in the three culture areas of the Pacific: Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
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5. Evaluate the impact of European and Asian influence in Hawai'i and other Pacific island societies
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6. Compare and contrast economic opportunities and constraints in HawaiÔi and other Pacific societies.
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7. Identify social problems in the contemporary Pacific and assess their potential impact on Hawai'i.
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8. Produce research reports based on several published sources, including indigenous accounts, of three pacific island cultures using college-level writing with citations.
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Anth.135 - Lesson 2 - Knowledge Survey - Questions

CH. 1 - Pacific Geology

USING THE SAME SCALE, PLEASE EVALUATE YOUR ABILITY TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS OR DEFINE/DESCRIBE/DISCUSS THESE COURSE CONCEPTS/TERMS:

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1-1. What is the theory of plate tectonics and how does it work?
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1-2. Continental Drift
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1-3. Where do earthquakes and volcanoes usually occur and why?
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1-4. Mantle
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1-5. In what ways are continents and oceans different from each other?
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1-6. Tsunami
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1-7. How do volcanoes make islands?
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1-8. Magma Plume
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1-9. How were the Hawaiian Islands formed?
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1-10. Continental Island
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CH.2 - Coral

USING THE SAME SCALE, PLEASE EVALUATE YOUR ABILITY TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS OR DEFINE/DESCRIBE/DISCUSS THESE COURSE CONCEPTS/TERMS:

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2-1. What conditions does coral need to survive and why?
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2-2. Plankton
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2-3. What methods does coral use to make new colonies and build reefs?
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2-4. Hermaphrodite
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2-5. How are atolls formed?
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2-6. Asexual Reproduction
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2-7. How are reef islands formed?
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2-8. Symbiosis
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2-9. Compare the environment of the reef to the environment of the reef island.
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2-10. Lagoon
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2-11. Explain what happens to rainwater on a coral island.
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2-12. Global Warming
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CH. 3 Pacific Weather

USING THE SAME SCALE, PLEASE EVALUATE YOUR ABILITY TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS OR DEFINE/DESCRIBE/DISCUSS THESE COURSE CONCEPTS/TERMS:

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3-1. What causes the seasons and climate zones of the Earth and why?
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3-2. Hemisphere
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3-3. What kind of clothing is best in humid tropics and why?
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3-4. ITCZ
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3-5. What causes the rainy season?
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3-6. Doldrums
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3-7. What causes the dry season?
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3-8. Typhoon
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3-9. What conditions are necessary for a typhoon to form?
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3-10. Coriolis effect
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3-11. In which direction do typhoons usually head and why?
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3-12. El Nino
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Anth.135 - Lesson 3 - Knowledge Survey - Questions

CH. 4 - Migration

USING THE SAME SCALE, PLEASE EVALUATE YOUR ABILITY TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS OR DEFINE/DESCRIBE/DISCUSS THESE COURSE CONCEPTS/TERMS:

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4-1. What caused early islanders to leave Southeast Asia?
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4-2. Language Studies
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4-3. What caused them to keep looking for new islands?
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4-4. Random Search
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4-5. Why is it unlikely that all islands were found either by accident or random search?
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4-6. Sampling Error
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4-7. What is the founder effect?
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4-8. Non-Representative Sample
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4-9. What does the founder effect explain?
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4-10. Lapita pottery
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CH. 5 Navigation & Canoes

USING THE SAME SCALE, PLEASE EVALUATE YOUR ABILITY TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS OR DEFINE/DESCRIBE/DISCUSS THESE COURSE CONCEPTS/TERMS:

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5-1. Explain the problems of determining direction and position.
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5-2. Tack
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5-3. Latitude & Longitude
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5-4. Prime Meridian
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5-5. Sextant
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5-6. What are some of the methods Pacific islanders used to navigate?
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5-7. Dead Reckoning
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5-8. Compass
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5-9. Parallels
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5-10. Lohran stations
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CH. 6 Pre-Contact Lifestyle

USING THE SAME SCALE, PLEASE EVALUATE YOUR ABILITY TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS OR DEFINE/DESCRIBE/DISCUSS THESE COURSE CONCEPTS/TERMS:

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6-1. Why is an extended family well suited for a subsistence economy?
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6-2. Subsistence
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6-3. Barter
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6-4. What are some of the tools, weapons, utensils, and clothing islanders used?
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6-5. Adze
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6-6. Polytheistic
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6-7. Cannibalism
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6-8. Why do islanders tend to tell a person what they think he or she wants to hear?
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6-9. Infanticide
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6-10. Caste
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MAHALO NUI FOR COMPLETING THE
PACIFIC ISLAND PEOPLES- ANTH 135
KNOWLEDGE SURVEY!