ANTH373EXAM3F07

ANTH 373 on Wednesday December 19, 2007
1 Irving Goldman is an anthropologist who has analyzed various Polynesian societies in terms of:
Social Stratification in Polynesia (1958 publication).
Increased productivity leading to increased complexity and redistribution systems.
concepts of mana, toa, and tohunga.
concepts of 'eiki, ariki, and ali'i.
2 In 1899, the three-power convention gave the Samoan Island of Tutuila and Manu'a (Eastern Samoa) to:
Germany.
Great Britain.
Japan.
The United States of America.
3 Micronesia, or the islands of Micronesia, have been described as "the islands that someone else
always runs" ever since the 16th Century when _____________ discovered the islands.
the British
the Dutch
the Spanish
American whalers
4 One of your readings in the Guidebook ("Operation Hawai'i) pointed out that for the Japanese to
be successful on December 7, 1941, they needed:
secrecy & first-rate intelligence.
superb coordination & high technical skills.
many technological innovations and absolute devotion to the cause at hand.
All-of-the-above (and a few more as well!). 
5 The capital of the State of Hawai'i is located on the island of:
Maui.
Lanai.
Hawai'i.
'Oahu.
6 In traditional times in Polynesia, feather capes and cloaks were a mark of social rank in:
Tahiti.
Tonga.
Hawai'i.
the Cook Islands.
7 Kane points out that it was estimated at the time of Captain Cook's visit, the population of the Hawai'ian Islands may have been as much as 400,000 (although some say it was as much as 1,000,000); regardless, within 100 years the indigenous population was reduced to:
200,000.
100,000.
40,000.
15,000.
8 Polynesia was a "stratified" society and throughout the islands (Tonga, Tahiti, Hawai'i) the "commoners" provided their chiefs with:
food.
labor.
craftswork.
all-of-the-above.
9 The road to Tokyo began on an island in the Pacific that few Americans
had ever heard of and none of the military planners knew much about. But on _____, the Japanese were
building an air base from which to strike at American convoys to Australia.
Wake Island.
Guadalcanal.
Palau.
Saipan.
10 In the sixty years between 1840 and 1900, the Western powers of Great Britain, France, Germany, and the United States gained political control over Oceania.
TRUE
FALSE
11 Kane pointed out that in Hawai'I, performances of oratory, poetic chanting, and storytelling were created for religious purposes.
TRUE
FALSE
12 The "Treaty of Waitangi" gave the French dominion over Tahiti in 1840.
TRUE
FALSE
13 According to the E-reserve article by Jared Diamond, Easter Island society collapsed because of warfare with neighboring islands.
TRUE
FALSE
14 According to the E-reserve article dealing with Kamehameha I, he "unified" the islands through a series of peaceful treaties with neighboring island chiefs.
TRUE
FALSE
15 To hail Europeans as discoverers of the Pacific Islands is ungracious as well as inaccurate.
TRUE
16 In 1819 the "Great Mahele" took place in the islands of Hawai'i.
TRUE
FALSE
17 Paul Gauguin was a noted European painter who did much of his work in French Polynesia.
TRUE
FALSE
18 Derek Freeman is a leading anthropologist who has written some very critical (and negative) books concerning Margaret Mead’s anthropological fieldwork.
TRUE
FALSE