Year 5 Captain Cook

1.What nationality was James Cook?

• French

• Australian

• British

• Irish

What year was James Cook born?

• 1628

• 1728

• 1828

• 1928

On the 10th of June, 1770, the HMS Endeavour strikes the ______________. The ship is badly damaged. For the next three months, repairs are carried out on the ship in the Endeavour River. Here, James Cook and his men sight their first kangaroo.

• Great Barrier Reef

• Sydney Harbour Bridge

• iceberg

Cook and his men come into contact with the inhabitants of __________________. They are different to the Maori and are very wary of their new visitors.

• New Holland (Australia)

• Canberra (Australia)

• Rouse Hill (Australia)

• New Zealand (Australia)

What was James Cook’s first job?

• captain

• chef

• teacher

• seaman apprentice

The British explorers and the first

inhabitants were __________ to understand each

other.

• unable

• able

Which places did James Cook draw charts for? Tick all that apply

• Newfoundland

• New Zealand

• many Pacific Islands

• America

Captain James Cook claimed the whole of the east coast of Australia for Great Britain on 22 August 1770, naming eastern Australia, '_____________________.'

• New South Wales

• Queensland

• Cook Land

• Tasmania

This monument was erected in __________________.

• some park

• Hyde Park

• Cook Park

• Rouse Hill Park

Where did Cook’s voyage on the Endeavour take him and why?

• ^{Perth to see the transit of Saturn, then north to Antarctica.}

• ^{Tahiti to see the transit of Venus, then south to a possible Terra Australis.}

• ^{Hawaii to see the transit of Mercury, then east to New Holland.}

• ^{Tahiti to see the transit of the moon, then west to a possible New Found Land}