Te Tiriti o Waitangi Quiz (Grade 7)
Free printable multiple choice quiz for Grade 7 on Te Tiriti o Waitangi: the first signing on 6 February 1840, the roughly 540 rangatira who signed, and the Waitangi Tribunal.
Grade 7 · History worksheet
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Te Tiriti o Waitangi Quiz
Circle the correct answer for each question about Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
- 1.By the end of the signing meetings in 1840, about how many rangatira had signed?
- a) About 540
- b) Fewer than 10
- c) More than 100,000
- d) About 5,000
- 2.Waitangi Day is marked each year on:
- a) 6 February
- b) 25 April
- c) 5 November
- d) 1 January
- 3.The Waitangi Tribunal was created in:
- a) 1975
- b) 1840
- c) 1893
- d) 2022
- 4.Te Tiriti o Waitangi was first signed on:
- a) 19 September 1893
- b) 25 April 1915
- c) 24 June 2022
- d) 6 February 1840
- 5.The Māori and English texts of the treaty:
- a) Say exactly the same thing
- b) Were signed a century apart
- c) Were both written in Dutch
- d) Differ in important ways
- 6.The treaty was first signed at:
- a) Wellington
- b) Waitangi, in the Bay of Islands
- c) Christchurch
- d) Golden Bay
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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