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🗺️ History and Geography, Years 9 and 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 which year did New Zealand women gain the right to vote in parliamentary elections?

1918192819451893

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

1907189319751840

3. The Waikato War, one of the largest conflicts of the New Zealand Wars, was fought mainly in which region?

OtagoSouthlandWaikatoWellington

4. What is the process called where the Crown and an iwi negotiate to resolve historical Treaty of Waitangi claims?

A general electionA referendumA Treaty settlementA local council election

5. What does 'urbanisation' mean?

A decrease in the total number of people in a countryA growing proportion of a population living in towns and cities rather than rural areasA government policy about votingA country building more farms

6. Which of these is generally considered a 'pull factor' drawing people to live in a city?

Fewer job opportunitiesIsolation from other peopleHigher cost of transportMore jobs and services

7. Which of these is generally considered a 'push factor' that might cause someone to leave a rural area?

Limited job opportunities in farming areasExcellent local hospitalsLower cost of housingStrong sense of community

8. What best describes New Zealand's system of government and head of state?

A constitutional monarchy, with the monarch represented in New Zealand by the Governor-GeneralA monarchy with no elected ParliamentA republic with an elected president as head of stateA one-party state

9. What term describes a general, ongoing fall in the level of prices, which is the opposite of inflation?

InterestDepreciationRecessionDeflation

10. Why was New Zealand's achievement in 1893 significant on a world scale?

It was the first country in the world to have a written constitutionIt became the first self-governing country where women won the right to vote in parliamentary electionsIt was the first country where women outnumbered menIt was the first country to allow women to become Prime Minister

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