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Key Terms

205 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Hawaiian Studies exam

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āina
100th Infantry Battalion
1853 smallpox outbreak
1896 ban
1959 admission
1993 apology resolution
442nd Regimental Combat Team

A

Ahu'ula
Ahupuaʻa model
Aina
Ali'i
Aliʻi
Aliʻi nui
Aliʻi system
Aloha
Aloha 'aina
Aloha 'āina
Aloha spirit
Aloha Spirit Resolution
Anti-annexation
Apology resolution
Article XII, Section 7
Asa Thurston
Asian Immigration

B

Battle of Kepaniwai
Battle of Nuʻuanu
Bayonet Constitution
Bishop Museum
Bon dance
Bruce Blankenfeld

C

Central Pacific
Chiefly authority
Chinese Immigration
Cleveland's Attempt to Restore Monarchy
Cloud forests
Community displacement
Conquest of Maui
Contract labor
Contract workers
Coral reef restoration
County general plans
Cultural Appropriation
Cultural preservation

D

Daniel Inouye
Daniel K. Inouye
Diphthongs
Dr. Larry Kimura
Duke Kahanamoku

E

East-West Center
Ecological Knowledge
Economic Diversification
Ecotourism initiatives
Eddie Aikau
Environmental Knowledge

F

Filipino immigration
First Contact
Food Sovereignty
Foreign diseases

G

Glottal stop
God lono
Great Mahele
Great māhele
Growth management tools

H

Hamakua Ditch
Hanauma Bay
Hawaii Admission Act
Hawaii Environmental Policy Act
Hawaii Revised Statutes
Hawaii State Constitution
Hawaii Sugar Planters' Association
Hawaii-Alaska Omnibus Statehood Bill
Hawaiian Customs
Hawaiian Language Bible
Hawaiian Language Literacy
Hawaiian Language Media