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⚖️ Aotearoa New Zealand Histories, Years 7 to 10

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

1893190117701840

2. In which year did New Zealand law declare the country a nuclear free zone?

1918194518931987

3. New Zealand fought as part of the British Empire's forces in which two twentieth century wars?

New Zealand fought in neither warThe First World War and the Second World WarThe Napoleonic Wars and the Crimean WarThe Korean War and the Vietnam War only

4. Which decade saw a severe worldwide economic depression that also hit New Zealand hard, with widespread unemployment?

The 1990sThe 1930sThe 1950sThe 1970s

5. What day is commemorated each year as ANZAC Day?

25 April11 November6 February5 November

6. What was the 28th Māori Battalion?

A police unit formed in the 1950sA rugby team that toured BritainA group of Māori politicians in ParliamentAn infantry unit of Māori volunteers who fought in the Second World War

7. What was the Chinese poll tax?

A tax paid by every voter in New ZealandA tax on all imported goods from ChinaA special entry tax charged only to Chinese immigrants to New ZealandA shipping fee charged equally to migrants from anywhere

8. What happened at Bastion Point in May 1978?

A rugby tour was cancelledA new Parliament building openedA gold rush beganPolice and army personnel evicted Māori land occupiers after more than 500 days

9. What Māori word did the Treaty's translators use in Article 1 instead of 'sovereignty'?

Rangatiratanga, meaning chieftainshipKotahitanga, meaning unityKāwanatanga, meaning governanceManaakitanga, meaning hospitality

10. Roughly how much land was confiscated under the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863?

No land at all, it was only ever proposedMore than three million acres, across Waikato, Taranaki and other districtsAll of the South IslandA few hundred acres near Auckland only

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