Welcome back to my blog
for the last couple of weeks we have been doing
questions:
Use the questions below to help guide your note-taking. You need to identify the key points from the video and write your own notes. You can rewatch the video if you need to.
Your notes will be used to help you write a summary of the video.
- Where did the Māori people arrive from?
eastern Polynesia they came from fiji, samoa, cook island, tonga
- How did they arrive in NZ?
They arrived on a waka
- What did they bring to aotearoa?
dogs ,rats, kumara and crops for the moari´s diet
- How did they get food?
They hunted the moa to get food and they did not know that the moas lay eggs once a year
- Write 3 sentences about the Moriori people
They settled on the Chatham islands
They were passive
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- How did they prove that Māori and Moriori descended from the same people?
They checked out skeletons and DNA
- Explain how the Moa came to be extinct
They only laid one egg a year and the rats ate the eggs. Maori thought Moa would be like hens and lay lots of eggs.
- Why did Māori choose to settle in the places they did?
They could grow and catch food there, get water and keep warm.
- In your word bank, write the meaning of whānau, hapū and iwi
Family, a group of your iwi, your tribe/ancestors
- Explain the role of the rangatira - list at least 5 roles
They were chiefs, teachers, landowners, guardians of cultural treasures and leaders.
You've answered the questions well Harry. Next time, use the information you've gathered to write a report to post on your blog (similar to the one we did when we interviewed Mark the Martian).
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