Missions and Missionaries

Who was the main person driving the decision to send missionaries to New Zealand from the CMS?

• Samuel Marsden

• John Wesley

• William Wilberforce

• Charles Darwin

Who were the key figures in keeping communication open between Māori and the government during conflicts?

• Missionaries

• Traders

• Government officials

• Local chiefs

What was the outcome of the musket wars for the mission station?

• Tribes brought back captives and slaves who became Christian converts

• The mission station was destroyed

• Missionaries were expelled

• Trade routes were established

What was the initial interest of Māori in the technologies brought by missionaries?

• Farming, reading, and writing

• Christian message

• Political mediation

• Trade and commerce

What movement distanced Māori from the churches the missionaries had established?

• Kīngitanga movement

• Industrial movement

• Educational reform

• Agricultural expansion

Who were some of the first Christian converts according to William Williams?

• Persons of little note

• Māori chiefs

• European settlers

• Missionaries

What delayed the start of the mission in New Zealand for five years?

• The burning of the ship Boyd and the massacre of its crew

• Lack of funding

• Resistance from local Māori

• Weather conditions

What was the main reason for the founding of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in 1799?

• To atone for Britain's role in the slave trade

• To expand the church's domain

• To establish trade routes

• To convert Māori to Christianity

What was Papahurihia based on?

• Traditional Māori spirituality

• Christian teachings

• European customs

• Asian philosophies

What role did Henry Williams play in Māori dealings with the New South Wales government?

• He opposed grog-sellers and gun-runners

• He supported European settlers

• He was neutral

• He encouraged Māori to sell land