Early Māori Life True or False (Grade 4)
Free printable true or false worksheet for Grade 4 on early Māori life: pā, kūmara gardens, pounamu, iwi and whānau, with an answer key and sources.
Grade 4 · History worksheet
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Early Māori Life: True or False
Read each statement about early Māori life and circle True or False.
- 1.True or False: A whānau is a stone tool used for carving.
- a) True
- b) False
- 2.True or False: Pounamu, greenstone from the South Island, was treasured and worked into tools and ornaments.
- a) True
- b) False
- 3.True or False: Tikanga is the Māori name for the South Island.
- a) True
- b) False
- 4.True or False: An iwi is a small fishing net.
- a) True
- b) False
- 5.True or False: Māori grew kūmara in gardens and stored it in deep pits.
- a) True
- b) False
- 6.True or False: A pā was a fortified village, often built on a hill or ridge.
- a) True
- b) False
- 7.True or False: The marae was, and still is, an important meeting place for a community.
- 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: Tribal organisation — explains the pre-European structure of iwi made up of related hapū, themselves made up of whānau, and the significance of hapū and marae
- Te Ara: Māori: pre-European society — supports the description of daily life, gardens and social organisation before European contact
- Te Ara: Māori material culture: the pā — documents pā as fortified villages on hills and ridges containing houses, stores and kūmara pits