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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. What day is commemorated each year as ANZAC Day?

6 February11 November25 April5 November

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

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

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

English and MāoriEnglish and FrenchDutch and MāoriMāori and Latin

4. What was the 1975 Land March?

A protest against nuclear weaponsA march celebrating the Treaty's signingA month long march the length of the North Island protesting the loss of Māori landA strike by dock workers

5. What was the Chinese poll tax?

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

6. What was one major reason for the rapid Māori migration to cities after the Second World War?

New manufacturing jobs and higher wages in towns, alongside limited opportunity in rural areasA government ban on living in rural areasA new law forcing relocation for all citizensThe moa had gone extinct

7. What did Ngāti Whātua eventually gain after the Bastion Point occupation ended?

Ownership of all of AucklandCompensation and legal recognition of their Treaty rights, following a Waitangi Tribunal claimNothing, the land issue was dropped foreverA seat in Parliament reserved for the hapū

8. Why was the Kīngitanga formed in the 1850s?

To create a new national rugby teamTo unite tribes under one leader and help protect Māori land from further saleTo build New Zealand's first railwayTo organise the gold rush

9. Where did the 28th Māori Battalion serve during the Second World War, besides North Africa?

Greece, Crete and ItalyOnly in BritainOnly within New ZealandThe Pacific Islands exclusively

10. Between the 1881 Act and a change in 1896, what happened to the Chinese poll tax?

It rose from 10 pounds to 100 pounds per personIt was abolished entirelyIt was reduced to nothingIt was extended equally to all immigrants

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