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WorksheetsAotearoa History 2022
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 15mins
How long ago did people start exploring the water and land around the Pacific Ocean?
500 years
2000 years
5000 years
200 years
Oral history tells us that Kupu and his wife were chasing octopus who had been stealing their fish when they discovered Aotearoa.
True
False
Did ancient double hulled waka have to be paddled? Why or why not?
How did the early Maori make boats and houses?
Using trees, sticks, iron and glass
They got builders to make them from mud and bricks
Using trees and sticks
They used flax, sticks and mud.
Who were the first indiginous people in Aotearoa?
Pakeha
Maori
Moriori
French
One reason for fighting amongst Maori was the need to find:
Land/whenua
Family/whanau
food/kai
whare/houses
Mana is.....pick the best fit ( only choose two)
Having the potential to be a leader. Authority and respect from others.
Being the best and first at everything you do.
Being respected by others around you.
Inherited from ancestors and enhanced by the way you act in life
How many years did Maori spend learning to live in their new land?
500 years-trading, warfare, alliances, migration and discovery
150 years- growing food and fighting with other iwi
TRUE or FALSE The average life of an early Maori was 28 years.
(a)
In te reo Maori, Land of the long white cloud translates to ?
North Island
Aotearoa
New Zealand
South Island
What crops did the first Maori bring with them?
Potatoes, kumara and paperbark
Taro, kumara and paper mulberry
Kumara, corn and taro
Paper Mulberry, kumara and potatoes
The word Maori means (a)
TRUE or FALSE Early Maori made their fishhooks out of wood
(a)
If something is tapu it means it is sacred or special
TRUE
FALSE
What happens if you disrespect a Maori structure?
(a)
What does Rangatira mean in English?
Slave
Common Person
Chief
Atua
All Maori are the same
TRUE
FALSE
Moa first meant ????? in Maori
Bird
Giant
Chicken
None of these
How was a moa different to a chicken?
Moas laid more eggs than chicken.
Chickens lay lots of eggs in a single year.
Very few eggs were laid by Moa-only 1 or 2 a year.
Chickens taste nicer.
One reason for fighting amongst Maori was the need to find:
Land/whenua
Family/whanau
food/kai
Why did the Maori chiefs move to the far north of the North Island?
They liked to travel
It was warmer and easier to grow food
They enjoyed the mosquitoes.
They didn't like the south Island that much
In 1642 what did Maori see arriving in Aotearoa?
Canoes with more Polynesian people
White sails from a ship bringing Pakeha
