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SOTW2#10-The Bottom of the World

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the seven continents:

(a)  

2.

The first people to live in Australia were (a)   ,

which means they moved from place to place as they hunted food and gathered plants.

3.

Today, we call these people (a)   from the Latin words meaning “from the

beginning.”

4.

The (a)   were the first people to live in New Zealand.

5.

What kind of food did the original people in Australia eat?

a)

corn, rice, and sheep

b)

berries, nuts, and small animals

c)

moths, bats, snakes, and kangaroos

d)

grapes, figs, and large animals

6.

The Australian boy in the story called all of the men in his clan ________.

a)

father

b)

master

c)

teacher

d)

mother

7.

Why did the men cover themselves with a paste of mud and ashes?

a)

to protect their skin from the sun

b)

to keep the animals from smelling them

c)

to keep insects from biting them

d)

to keep the animals from seeing them

8.

What is the Dreamtime?

a)

night time

b)

the early morning just before the sun comes up

c)

a long-ago time when spirits still lived on earth

d)

the last few hours before the sun goes down

9.

How many islands belong to the country of New Zealand?

a)

two

b)

three

c)

four

d)

five

10.

From where do we think the first people in New Zealand came?

a)

Australia

b)

the Polynesian Islands

c)

Korea

d)

Japan

11.

When did these people come to New Zealand?

a)

no one knows

b)

during the eighteenth century

c)

during the Middle Ages

d)

during the height of the Roman Empire

12.

The first people of Australia lived in houses.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

People in Australia could get water by squeezing it out of water-frogs.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The first people in New Zealand came in canoes with sails made from coconuts.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

When the first people saw New Zealand, they thought it looked like a long, white

fish.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

How were the islands of New Zealand really formed?

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