Questions on New Zealand

What does the term "Indigenous" typically refer to?

• People who have moved to a land from another place.

• People who are native to a land or country and lived there before foreigners arrived.

• People who do not belong to any specific culture.

• People who frequently change their place of living.

Who are the indigenous people of New Zealand?

• Aborigines

• Maori

• Ainu

• Navajo

What were the Māori skilled in?

• Weaving

• Pottery

• Carving

• Painting

What did the Māori carve that was large enough to hold 100 people?

• Totem poles

• Houses

• War canoes

• Statues

How long is it believed to have taken the Māori to migrate to New Zealand?

• A) A few decades

• B) Hundreds of years

• C) Thousands of years

• D) One year

Who was the first European explorer to visit Aotearoa New Zealand?

• Captain James Cook

• Christopher Columbus

• Abel Janszoon Tasman

• Marco Polo

Which explorer arrived in New Zealand 127 years after Abel Tasman?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Captain James Cook

• Vasco da Gama

• Hernán Cortés

Who introduced literacy to the Māori?

• British traders

• Dutch explorers

• Christian missionaries

• French colonists

Why was the Treaty of Waitangi drafted according to the text?

• To declare war on the Māori

• To establish British rule in Australia

• To partner with the Māori for successful colonization of New Zealand

• To trade exclusively with New Zealand

What did the Treaty of Waitangi promise to the Māori people?

• To provide them with modern technology

• To protect their culture and allow them to live in New Zealand as Māori

• To relocate them to another country

• To grant them European citizenship