First European Contact True or False (Grade 4)
Free printable true or false worksheet for Grade 4 on Abel Tasman's 1642 visit and James Cook's 1769 voyage, with every fact checked against NZ History and Te Ara.
Grade 4 · History worksheet
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First European Contact: True or False
Read each statement about the first meetings between Māori and Europeans and circle True or False.
- 1.True or False: The name New Zealand was invented by James Cook in 1769.
- a) True
- b) False
- 2.True or False: Abel Tasman's Dutch expedition sighted New Zealand in 1642.
- a) True
- b) False
- 3.True or False: James Cook's ship in 1769 was the Endeavour.
- a) True
- b) False
- 4.True or False: Cook's expedition proved that New Zealand was joined to Antarctica.
- a) True
- b) False
- 5.True or False: Tasman built the first European settlement in New Zealand.
- a) True
- b) False
- 6.True or False: Four of Tasman's sailors were killed in a violent misunderstanding in Golden Bay.
- a) True
- b) False
- 7.True or False: Some early meetings between Māori and Europeans ended in violence, and people were killed.
- a) True
- b) False
- 8.True or False: Tupaia was a British officer who spoke only English.
- a) True
- b) False
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Accuracy and sources
These references support the historical wording and answer key on this worksheet.
- Te Ara: European discovery of New Zealand: Abel Tasman — dates Tasman's 1642 visit, the killing of four of his crew in Golden Bay, and his departure without landing
- NZ History: First known encounter between Māori and Europeans — describes the December 1642 encounter in Golden Bay as a fatal misunderstanding between two peoples
- Te Ara: European discovery of New Zealand: Cook's achievement — covers the Endeavour's 1769 arrival, the months spent charting the coastline, and the disproof of a great southern continent
- Te Ara: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Tupaia — documents Tupaia of Ra'iatea interpreting between Cook's crew and Māori because the languages were closely related