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Treaty of Waitangi

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year was the Treaty of Waitangi signed?

a)

1860

b)

1850

c)

1840

d)

1880

2.

In what area of New Zealand was the Treaty signed?

a)

Bay of Islands

b)

Auckland

c)

Napier

d)

Wellington

3.

The Treaty was an agreement made between the British crown and how many Maaori chiefs?

a)

240

b)

640

c)

540

d)

340

4.

What did the missionary Henry Williams and his son Edward do with the Treaty?

a)

Signed it.

b)

Took it to the Maaori chiefs.

c)

Carried it to the Bay of Islands.

d)

Translated it from English into Maaori.

5.

What other country was interested in ruling New Zealand in the 1830's?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

China

d)

United States of America

6.

British sovereignty over New Zealand was proclaimed on 21 May in what year?

a)

1835

b)

1840

c)

1845

d)

1855

7.

How many articles make up the Treaty of Waitangi?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

8.

About how many Maaori chiefs signed the Treaty on the 6th of February 1840?

a)

40

b)

50

c)

60

d)

80

9.

How many seperate sheets was the Treaty signed on?

a)

2

b)

5

c)

9

d)

11

10.

There were important differences between the Maaori and English versions of the Treaty. One important difference was that 'sovereignty' was translated as what?

a)

'monarch'

(kingi)

b)

‘kawanatanga’ (governance)

c)

‘tino rangatiratanga’ (full authority)

d)

'land'

(whenua)

11.

After the treaty was first signed on the 6th of February 1840, Lieutenant-Governor William Hobson sent how many copies to his superiors in Britain?

a)

2

b)

6

c)

4

d)

5

12.

Auckland was a small settlement and the government ‘offices’ consisted of a wooden cottage in Official Bay. When this was destroyed by fire in 1841 the record clerk named who saved the Treaty documents?

a)

George Smith

b)

George Elliot

c)

George Francis

d)

George Gibbons

13.

When did Wellington become the capital of Aotearoa?

a)

1862

b)

1863

c)

1864

d)

1865

14.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi documents were moved to Wellington in 1865 and were not seen again till what year?

a)

1910

b)

1908

c)

1904

d)

1915

15.

The Treaty first went on temporary public display in what year?

a)

1910

b)

1920

c)

1930

d)

1940

16.

Since what year has the Treaty of Waitangi, the 1835 Declaration of Independence and the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition been displayed at the National Library of New Zealand?

a)

1985

b)

2017

c)

1991

d)

2006