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🛶 Aotearoa New Zealand Histories, Years 4 to 6

Years 4 to 6 · Read up first

10 questions. Get 8 right to earn 10 minutes. All 10 right = +5 bonus. They start easy and get harder as you go, so treat the first few as a warm-up. Every one you miss comes back with the answer and why.

1. What is a pā?

A type of net for catching eelsA canoe paddleA woven cloakA fortified Māori village, often on a hill

2. In what year was the Treaty of Waitangi first signed?

1840182018001860

3. What is a whānau?

A gathering of many tribesA carved meeting houseA type of fishing netA family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins

4. What date is Waitangi Day?

25 April5 November1 January6 February

5. Which explorer charted much of the New Zealand coastline for Britain, arriving in 1769?

James CookAbel TasmanFrancis DrakeWalter Raleigh

6. What was one of the hardest daily tasks facing early European settler families in New Zealand?

Clearing dense native bush to make room for farms and housesFinding drinking water in the desertAvoiding snow all year roundBuilding boats to cross deserts

7. Without modern instruments, how did early Polynesian navigators find their way across the open ocean?

By following underwater cablesBy radio signals from other wakaBy reading the stars, ocean swells, winds and bird flight pathsBy using paper maps

8. Roughly how many Māori rangatira, or chiefs, signed the Treaty of Waitangi during 1840, as copies were carried around the country?

About 500About 50About 5,000About 5

9. What was a rua kūmara?

A storage pit used to keep kūmara through winterA meeting houseA war canoeA type of fishing hook

10. What were the two written languages of the Treaty of Waitangi?

English onlyEnglish and FrenchEnglish and MāoriMāori and Latin

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