Te Tiriti o Waitangi Quiz (Grade 5)
Free printable multiple choice quiz for Grade 5 on Te Tiriti o Waitangi: the first signing on 6 February 1840, the roughly 540 rangatira who signed, and the Waitangi Tribunal.
Grade 5 · History worksheet
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Te Tiriti o Waitangi Quiz
Circle the correct answer for each question about Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
- 1.Te Tiriti o Waitangi was first signed on:
- a) 24 June 2022
- b) 6 February 1840
- c) 19 September 1893
- d) 25 April 1915
- 2.The Māori and English texts of the treaty:
- a) Were signed a century apart
- b) Say exactly the same thing
- c) Were both written in Dutch
- d) Differ in important ways
- 3.Waitangi Day is marked each year on:
- a) 5 November
- b) 1 January
- c) 6 February
- d) 25 April
- 4.The Waitangi Tribunal was created in:
- a) 1975
- b) 1893
- c) 1840
- d) 2022
- 5.The treaty was first signed at:
- a) Golden Bay
- b) Waitangi, in the Bay of Islands
- c) Wellington
- d) Christchurch
- 6.By the end of the signing meetings in 1840, about how many rangatira had signed?
- a) About 5,000
- b) More than 100,000
- c) About 540
- d) Fewer than 10
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Accuracy and sources
These references support the historical wording and answer key on this worksheet.
- NZ History: The Treaty in brief — supports the 6 February 1840 signing at Waitangi, the roughly 40 signatures that day and about 540 across 1840, nearly all on the Māori text
- NZ History: Differences between the texts — explains that the English text ceded sovereignty while the Māori text used kāwanatanga and guaranteed tino rangatiratanga, so the two texts differ
- Waitangi Tribunal: Māori and English texts — the official body confirming the texts differ, and documenting the Tribunal's 1975 creation to investigate Crown breaches