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🛶 Aotearoa New Zealand Histories, Years 4 to 6

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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 date is Waitangi Day?

5 November25 April1 January6 February

2. What tropical root vegetable did early Māori bring with them and learn to grow in New Zealand's cooler climate?

KūmaraPotatoRiceBanana

3. What were prospectors searching for during the Otago gold rush?

GoldCoalSilverOil

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

1840182018601800

5. What is a whānau?

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

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 desertBuilding boats to cross desertsAvoiding snow all year round

7. What did European sealers, whalers and traders commonly exchange with Māori in the early 1800s?

Nothing, contact was forbiddenMuskets, tools and blankets, in return for food, flax and timberCars for horsesMoney for citizenship

8. What eventually happened to the moa after Polynesian settlers arrived in Aotearoa?

It flew to AustraliaIt was hunted to extinction within a few hundred yearsIt is still found in remote forests todayIt was tamed and kept as livestock

9. What did missionaries hope to bring to Māori communities from the early 1800s onward?

Nothing, they came purely as tradersOnly new weaponsChristianity, along with reading, writing and new farming methodsNew waka designs

10. Around what period do most historians and archaeologists say the first Polynesian settlers reached Aotearoa?

Around the 1600sAround the year 1900Around the 1300sAround 500 BC

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