Fish and Poi     page 1.     Notes

• Bartering is the exchange of goods and services without the use of money.
• Hawaiians where able to trade away items they did need.
• The main disadvantage of barter is that it requires a coincidence of wants.

Fish and Poi     Page 2     Notes

• Many Hawaiins loved to eat fish and poi.
• All Hawaiins were able to go to the mountains to cut wood to make a fishing canoe, grow taro in the valleys, and go to the beach to catch fish.

Fish and Poi     page 3     Notes

• Hawaiins began to specilize  in certain areas of farming, fishing, and crafts such as woodcarving.
• Specilizing made it easier for hawiians to improve the quality of the food they ate.
• hawiians ended up with lots of delicious foods.

Fish and Poi     Page 4.    Notes

• Specilizing made it easier for families to have good quality food .
• Specilizing also allowed them to become better fisherman and catch more seafood.

Fish and Poi     Page 5.      Notes

• families grew alot of poi.
• somtimes they grew more than they could eat or use so the bartered them away.
• They began to barter with one another to get wat they needed.