History of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Arrival of the First Missionaries
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Directions: Read the worksheet and use your prior knowledge to guess the answers below. Then read pp.
40-44 of “History of the Hawaiian Kingdom” and correct your mistakes.
1. The missionaries were given several assignments when they arrived in Hawai’i. They were to:
a. Teach the Hawaiians to read, destroy all of the Hawaiian Heiaus, Take control of the
government
b. Steal as much land as possible, build sugar cane plantations, end the Hula
c. Farm and build houses, schools, churches, Learn the language of the people, Teach them to
read the Bible
d. Translate the Bible to Hawaiian, force them to prey on Sundays, Offer the Hawaiians
money to follow Christ.
2. The missionaries arrived in 1820 at Kawaihae on the
a. Big Island
b. Oahu
c. Maui
d. Kauai
3. What did the missionaries take as a sign that their God blessed their plans for Hawai’i?
a. The missionaries found out that Kamehameha had died and the kapu was abolished.
b. The people already believed in Jesus
c. They were ready to stop believing in many Gods
d. The people had already built a church before they arrived
4. Jean B. Rives, a Frenchman, was opposed to the missionaries staying in Hawai’i. His arguments
against the missionaries were:
a. They would be killed by the Hawaiians for questioning their religion
b. They were not true Christians and they were dangerous and would try to seize the
government
c. They would never be accepted because they refused to share their Ha (spirit).
d. They would cause many Hawaiians to die by bringing disease to the Hawaiian people.
5. Liholiho, Kamehameha II, finally said the missionaries could stay for?
a. 1 Year
b. 2 Years
c. 3 Years
d. As long as they like because he wanted to show them the spirit of Aloha.
6. How did missionary Lucy Thurston feel about her new living conditions in Hawai’i?
a. She was impressed with the Aloha spirit and loved the fresh fruit.
b. She was excited to find that the Hawaiians were very nice and had a nice clean place ready
with tons of food at the nightly luaus.
c. She loved the beaches. Waimea was her favorite because it was so large.
d. She wasn’t too thrilled about her living conditions. Mrs. Thurston stated how her place
was rough and uncivilized.
7. On August 1821 the first church was dedicated. Kawaiaha’o Church is located there today. What
type of church was it?
a. Mormon
b. Christian
c. Catholic
d. Protestant