Captain Cook

What nationality was Captain Cook?

• Australian

• Dutch

• German

• English

What actual rank was Captain Cook?

• Captain

• Sergeant

• Lieutenant

• Commander

What was Captain Cook’s secret mission?

• To find a new planet

• To find New Zealand

• To claim New Zealand for England.

• To find the Great South Land

Who was the first European country to discover Australian?

• France

• Spain

• Netherland

• England

Why did the Dutch not claim ‘The Great South Land’ for the Netherlands?

• They wanted to map it all first.

• It was full of dangerous animals.

• It was desolate and baron and looked like no one could live there.

• They already had too much land.

How did Captain Cook know that New Zealand was made up of two islands?

• He circumnavigated (sailed around) it.

• It was on the maps already.

• The indigenous people from Tahiti told him.

What people did Captain Cook meet on his first journey?

• Haiwaiian people

• Maori people

• Aboriginal people

• Australian people

What had the Dutch already named ‘The Great South Land’?

• Australia

• Terra Nullius

• New Holland

• New Dutch

In what year did Captain Cook discover Australia?

• 1768

• 1769

• 1770

• 1771

Click the places that Captain Cook would have visited on his journey.

• United Stars of America

• Tahiti

• New Zealand

• Hawaii

• New Holland