The History of Australia and New Zealand

Hotspot

Where is New Zealand?

Hotspot

Where is Australia?

Multiple Choice

According to the map, from which continent did the first Australians come?

• Africa
• Europe
• South America
• Asia

Aboriginal Australians (blue arrows) likely came from Africa, while Pacific islanders (purple arrows) may have migrated from East Asia.

Multiple Choice

According to the map, from which continent did the first settlers of New Zealand come?

• Africa
• North America
• South America
• Asia

Draw

Draw a Maori village.

Categorize

Options (6)

Australia

New Zealand

hunter-gatherers

settled farmers

settled in their land the longest ago

settled in their land more recently

Organize these options into the right categories

Aboriginal Australians

Maori

Multiple Choice

The number of Aboriginal Australians changed in what way after Europeans arrived?

• The number of Aboriginal Australians increased.
• The number remained the same.
• The number of Aboriginal Australians decreased.

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the agreement between the British Government and the Maori that gave the Maori British citizenship?

• Treaty of Versailles
• Treaty of Paris
• Treaty of Ghent
• Treaty of Waitangi

Multiple Choice

An area of land under the rule/control of another country is a ...

• tribe

• slave-state

• nation

• colony

Multiple Choice

Some of the first European settlers sent to Australia were

• explorers from France
• convicts/prisoners from Great Britain

• traders from Spain
• farmers from Italy

Multiple Choice

Australia and New Zealand are still colonies of Great Britain.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

King Charles III is the symbolic ruler over Australia and also New Zealand, though both countries elect their law makers.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Based on the information in the previous slide, Australia and New Zealand are best described as ______ the United States.

• rivals with

• neutral to

• enemies of

• allies with

Open Ended

According to the map, where are the majority of Australia's cities located?

Multiple Choice

Is most of Australia's population urban (lives in cities) or rural (lives in the countryside)?

• Urban

• Rural

• Evenly Spread

Match

Match the following

Maori people

Aboriginal Australian

Captain James Cook

digeridoo

Waitangi Treaty

• Maori people

• Aboriginal Australian

• Captain James Cook

• digeridoo

• Waitangi Treaty