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History Quiz Worksheet

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📋 Instructions

Read each question carefully and choose the BEST answer.

Fill in the circle next to your chosen answer. There is only ONE correct answer for each question.

🏛️ History Questions

1. What do we call the people who lived in New Zealand before Europeans arrived?

Aboriginal people

Māori

Vikings

Celts

2. Which explorer is famous for sailing around the world and visiting New Zealand?

Christopher Columbus

Captain James Cook

Marco Polo

Vasco da Gama

3. What was the main way people travelled long distances before cars were invented?

Aeroplanes

Trains only

Horses and horse-drawn vehicles

Bicycles

4. What is a castle mainly built for?

To store food

Protection and defence

To hold parties

To keep animals

5. In the past, what did people use to light their homes before electricity?

Torches and mobile phones

Candles and oil lamps

Car headlights

Mirrors

6. What do we call someone who studies old objects and places to learn about the past?

A doctor

An archaeologist

A teacher

A farmer

7. Which of these would you most likely find in a museum?

Fresh vegetables

Ancient pottery and tools

New computers

Live animals

8. What is the Treaty of Waitangi?

A type of food

An important agreement between Māori and the British Crown

A famous building

A type of boat

9. How do we learn about people who lived long ago?

By asking them questions

By looking at old objects, buildings, and written records

By watching television

By guessing

10. What was different about schools in the past compared to today?

They had computers and tablets

Children wrote on slates with chalk instead of paper

They were exactly the same as today

Only adults could attend school

📝 Answer Key

1. Māori

2. Captain James Cook

3. Horses and horse-drawn vehicles

4. Protection and defence

5. Candles and oil lamps

6. An archaeologist

7. Ancient pottery and tools

8. An important agreement between Māori and the British Crown

9. By looking at old objects, buildings, and written records

10. Children wrote on slates with chalk instead of paper

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