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Māori Words - Concepts

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Aroha means...

a)

compassion

b)

tenderness

c)

sustaining love

d)

forbidden

2.

Power, authority, essential force

a)

aroha

b)

ihi

c)

rohe

d)

tiaki

3.

Mana is so hard to describe, but let's try.

a)

compassion, tenderness, sustaining love

b)

to be held in awe

c)

to care for, look after, guard

d)

authority, power, reputation, influence

4.

respect for hosts or kindness to guests, to entertain, to look after

a)

taonga

b)

whakapapa

c)

taihoa

d)

manaakitanga

5.

Mauri means...

a)

hidden essential life force or a symbol of this

b)

treasured possession or cultural item, anything precious

c)

land, homeland, country

d)

safe from tapu

6.

What Māori words means both land and placenta?

(a)  

7.

What Māori word is opposite of noa (non-sacred, not tabooed)?

(a)  

8.

Raupatu means...

a)

guests, visitors

b)

confiscate, take by force

c)

to cry, to mourn

d)

reputation, influence

9.

What is a boundary, a territory (either geographical or spiritual) of an iwi or hapū called?

a)

whare paku

b)

marae

c)

rohe

d)

whare nui

10.

What Māori word means to delay, to wait, to hold off to allow maturation of plans?

a)

Taonga

b)

Tiaki

c)

Tapu

d)

Taihoa

11.

kaitiaki comes from the word "tiaki" which means...

a)

to guard

b)

to look after

c)

to symbolise

d)

to care for

12.

What is an example of a taonga?

4 lines
13.

Tino rangatiratanga is...

a)

the highest possible independent chiefly authority, paramount authority, sometimes used for sovereignty

b)

guests, visitors

c)

original people belonging to a place, local people, hosts

d)

gift, present

14.

The Māori word for "a place to stand, a place to belong to, a seat or location of identity" is...

a)

Hui

b)

Tiaki

c)

Whenua

d)

Tūrangawaewae

15.

Wehi means...

a)

song or chant which follows a speech

b)

to be held in awe

c)

the art and practice of speech making

d)

hidden essential life force or a symbol of this

16.

What does whakapapa mean?

a)

genealogy

b)

original people belonging to a place

c)

to recite genealogy

d)

to establish kin connections