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European Contact Timeline

European Contact Timeline

European ships meeting Māori waka

🚢 Part 1: Key Events Knowledge

1. Circle the year when Captain James Cook first arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand:

1769

1840

1642

1788

2. Who was the first European explorer to sight Aotearoa New Zealand?

Captain James Cook

Abel Tasman

William Hobson

Samuel Marsden

3. Check all the items that were commonly traded between Māori and Europeans during early contact:

Muskets

Flax

Pounamu (greenstone)

Iron tools

Potatoes

Blankets

📅 Part 2: Timeline Sequencing

4. Number these events in chronological order (1 = earliest, 5 = latest):

_____ Treaty of Waitangi signed

_____ Abel Tasman sights New Zealand

_____ Captain Cook's first voyage to New Zealand

_____ First Christian missionaries arrive

_____ Musket Wars begin

5. Match the dates with the correct events:
1. 1642
2. 1769
3. 1814
4. 1840
A. Treaty of Waitangi signed
B. Abel Tasman's voyage
C. First missionaries arrive
D. Captain Cook's first voyage

⚖️ Part 3: Impacts of European Contact

6. Fill in the blanks about the impacts of European contact:

European contact brought both __________ and __________ changes to Māori society. New tools like __________ and __________ made some tasks easier, but diseases like __________ caused many deaths. The introduction of __________ led to conflicts known as the Musket Wars.

7. List three positive impacts of European contact on Māori society:
8. List three negative impacts of European contact on Māori society:

🎨 Part 4: Creative Timeline

9. Create a simple timeline showing four major events from European contact. Include the year and a small drawing or symbol for each event:
10. Choose one event from your timeline and explain how it might have felt for both Māori and Europeans:

Event chosen: _________________________

🔍 Part 5: Primary Sources

11. What is a primary source? Circle the best answer:

A textbook written about history

A document or object created during the time period being studied

A movie about historical events

A teacher's explanation of history

12. Check which of these would be primary sources for studying European contact with Māori:

Captain Cook's journal entries

Māori oral histories passed down through generations

A modern documentary about the Treaty of Waitangi

Letters written by early missionaries

Traditional Māori carvings from the 1700s

A history textbook published in 2020

13. Describe one primary source you found for homework and explain what it tells us about European contact:

💭 Part 6: Reflection

14. What surprised you most about learning about the first encounters between Māori and Europeans?
15. How do you think these early events still influence Aotearoa New Zealand today?
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