Watch the following video and choose the right option for the questions below.
1) What is the name of the indigenous people of New Zealand?
Option 1
The Mapuche
Option 2
The Maori
Option 3
The Masai
Wrong
Correct Option
2) What is the translation of "Aotearoa" into English?
The land of the snow-capped peaks
The land of the strong and brave warriors
The land of the long white cloud
3) Which European explorer was the first to reach New Zealand in 1642?
Captain James Cook
Luis Váez de Torres
Abel Tasman
4) When was the "Treaty of Waitangi" signed?
In 1840
In 1814
In 1830
5) When did the war between the British and the indigenous people break out?
In 1850
In 1860
In 1865
6) What is the name of the two main islands of New Zealand?
Cook Island and Tasman Island
Staten Island and Zeeland Island
North Island and South Island
7) What is special about Wellington?
It is the coldest place on Earth
It is the southernmost capital in the world
It does not have any skyscrappers
8) In the last 1000 years ______ of all the animals in New Zealand are now extinct.
half
one third
three quarters
9) The tuotara (a species of reptiles which look like lizards endemic to New Zealand) can live to be about ...
300 years old
200 years old
220 years old
10) When did the world´s first commercial bungee jumping take place?
In 1978
In 1988
In 1990
11) How many cars are there in New Zealand?
Roughly 2.2 million cars
Roughly 2.5 million cars
Roughly 2 million cars
12) Which is the first country in the world to see the sunrise?
Vanuatu
Japan
New Zealand
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