The political and legal authority of Hawaiian, Tongan, and Tahitian chiefs was reinforced by a religious and ideological system based on social inequalities. This system was called __________.

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The system based on social inequalities reinforced the political and legal authority of Hawaiian, Tongan, and Tahitian chiefs was called "tabu". Mana refers to a spiritual power or energy, potlatch is a gift-giving ceremony in Northwest Coast Indigenous cultures, and kula refers to a traditional gift-giving system in the Trobriand Islands. None of these terms are directly related to the social and political systems of the Hawaiian, Tongan, and Tahitian chiefs.

The Political and Legal Authority of Hawaiian, Tongan, and Tahitian