WorksheetsSOTW2#10-The Bottom of the World
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name the seven continents:
(a)
The first people to live in Australia were (a) ,
which means they moved from place to place as they hunted food and gathered plants.
Today, we call these people (a) from the Latin words meaning “from the
beginning.”
The (a) were the first people to live in New Zealand.
What kind of food did the original people in Australia eat?
corn, rice, and sheep
berries, nuts, and small animals
moths, bats, snakes, and kangaroos
grapes, figs, and large animals
The Australian boy in the story called all of the men in his clan ________.
father
master
teacher
mother
Why did the men cover themselves with a paste of mud and ashes?
to protect their skin from the sun
to keep the animals from smelling them
to keep insects from biting them
to keep the animals from seeing them
What is the Dreamtime?
night time
the early morning just before the sun comes up
a long-ago time when spirits still lived on earth
the last few hours before the sun goes down
How many islands belong to the country of New Zealand?
two
three
four
five
From where do we think the first people in New Zealand came?
Australia
the Polynesian Islands
Korea
Japan
When did these people come to New Zealand?
no one knows
during the eighteenth century
during the Middle Ages
during the height of the Roman Empire
The first people of Australia lived in houses.
True
False
People in Australia could get water by squeezing it out of water-frogs.
True
False
The first people in New Zealand came in canoes with sails made from coconuts.
True
False
When the first people saw New Zealand, they thought it looked like a long, white
fish.
True
False
How were the islands of New Zealand really formed?
