True or False
Australia is the nearest country to New Zealand.
True
Australia is 1,000 miles from New Zealand.
This city is the capital of New Zealand
A. Auckland
B. Wellington
c. Christchurch
B. Wellington
This flightless bird is the national animal of New Zealand
Kiwi
In 1953, this man and his Sherpa became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
A. Sir Peter Snell
B. Sir Peter Jackson
C. Sir Edmund Hillary
C. Sir Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Hillary was a mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. His image is on the New Zealand $5 banknote.
New Zealand is part of the United Kingdom.
False
New Zealand is a parliamentary democracy. They have an elected prime minister. The British monarch is the head of state of New Zealand, but this role is just ceremonial.
New Zealand is comprised of this number of islands
A. 4
B. 3
C. 2
C. 2
Abel Tasman is know for being the
A. first prime minister of New Zealand
B. father of rugby
C. first European to reach New Zealand
C. In 1642, Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer, was the first European to reach New Zealand.
He had brief encounters with the Māori when his crew came ashore, but they eventually left after the Māori attacked them. Despite their departure, they named the island New Zealand, after the Dutch province of Zeeland.
She sang at the 1981 royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.
A. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
B. Jean Batten
C. Celine Dion
A. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
She is an opera singer who had a successful international career.
New Zealand was formed by volcanic activity.
True
The islands formed due to volcanic activity around 23 million years ago.
The number of active volcanoes in New Zealand.
A. 7
B. 12
C. 30
B. 12
In 1769, this British explorer mapped most of New Zealand’s shoreline.
A. Captain James Cook
B. Captain Edward Smith
C. Captain Jack Sparrow
A. Captain James Cook
Although he's almost always referred to as "Captain Cook", James Cook was called "captain" because he commanded the ship, not because he held that naval rank.
She served three consecutive terms as Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999-2008). She was the first woman to be elected to this position by way of general election.
A. Kate Sheppard
B. Helen Clark
C. Jean Batten
B. Helen Clark
The people of New Zealand are called Zealanders.
False.
They are called kiwis (after the bird).
This most common type of volcano is symmetrically shaped with a vent in the middle.
A. cone volcano
B. caldera colvano
C. crest volcano
A. cone volcano
New Zealand is named after a province in this country
A. Italy
B. Netherlands
C. Spain
B. Netherlands (Holland)
He is one of New Zealand's most loved poets.
A. John James
B. James Joyce
C. James K. Baxter
C. James K. Baxter
He wrote his first poem at age seven. His first collection of poems was published in 1944 when he was 18 years old.
The Torres Strait Islanders are the native people of New Zealand.
False.
The Maori are the native people of New Zealand.
The following landscapes are found in New Zealand
a. Rainforests
b. Coastlines
c. Glaciers
d. Mountains
e. Beaches
f. All of the above
F. All of the above
The Māori people were the first inhabitants of New Zealand. They arrived in the area that is now known as New Zealand around 1,200 years ago. They came from these islands, a region in the Pacific Ocean.
Polynesia
This New Zealand entrepreneur founded the world's first commercial bungy jumping business.
A. AJ Hackett
B. AJ Dye
C PJ Hackett
A. AJ Hackett
The first site was set up in 1988 on a suspension bridge in Queenstown.