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WorksheetsCaptain Cook
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 15mins
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
How long was it until England came back to officially claim New Holland for England?
15 years
16 years
17 years
18 years
Where did Captain Cook first land when he visited ‘The Great South land’?
Botany Bay
Sydney Cove
Hawkesbury River
Moreton Bay
Why did Captain Cook sail westwards on his way home and not go back the way he came?
It was faster.
The King told him too.
He needed to get supplies from India.
He wanted to map the east coast of Australia.
