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WorksheetsYear 5 Captain Cook
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
