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Canada takes its name from kanata, meaning village in the language of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Who first sighted the islands of New Zealand in 1642?Read the answer and worked solution →The earliest inhabitants of North America crossed from Asia over which land-bridge?Read the answer and worked solution →The oldest artefact found in America, an arrow-point, is how old?Read the answer and worked solution →Which animal did North American natives chiefly hunt for meat?Read the answer and worked solution →From which settlers did the natives buy horses in the seventeenth century?Read the answer and worked solution →Belts of coloured shells exchanged by tribes after a treaty were called:Read the answer and worked solution →The French founded the colony of Quebec in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which French philosopher admired natives as untouched by the corruptions of civilisation?Read the answer and worked solution →The USA bought Alaska from which country?Read the answer and worked solution →Chief Justice Marshall's judgment on the Cherokees was delivered in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which US President ignored that judgment and had the army evict the Cherokees?Read the answer and worked solution →The forced march of 15,000 Cherokees, in which over a quarter died, is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Canada was organised as a Confederation of autonomous states in:Read the answer and worked solution →Chief Seattle wrote his famous letter to the US President in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Traces of gold in the 1840s started the Gold Rush in which US state?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian Reorganisation Act, letting natives in reservations buy land, was passed in:Read the answer and worked solution →Canada's Constitution Act accepting aboriginal and treaty rights came in:Read the answer and worked solution →Australia's aborigines arrived over 40,000 years ago from:Read the answer and worked solution →James Cook reached Botany Bay in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Federation of Australia with six states was formed in:Read the answer and worked solution →Canberra comes from kamberra, a native word meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the native peoplesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the North American wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the settler datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Australian placesRead the answer and worked solution →America or AustraliaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the countriesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Settler colonies bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Canada takes its name from kanata, meaning village in the language of the:

  1. Huron-Iroquois
  2. Cherokee people
  3. Hopi tribesmen
  4. Daruk people
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Correct answer: A. Huron-Iroquois

1. Jacques Cartier heard the word in 1535. 2. It was the Huron-Iroquois word for village. 3. Many rivers and towns carry native names. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 10, Displacing Indigenous Peoples._

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Who first sighted the islands of New Zealand in 1642?

  1. Cabot
  2. Tasman
  3. Cook
  4. Cabral
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Correct answer: B. Tasman

1. Zee is Dutch for sea. 2. Tasman of Holland sighted them in 1642. 3. Tasmania is also named after him. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 10, Displacing Indigenous Peoples._

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The earliest inhabitants of North America crossed from Asia over which land-bridge?

  1. Bering Straits
  2. Panama Isthmus
  3. Torres Strait
  4. Malacca Strait
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Correct answer: A. Bering Straits

1. They came over 30,000 years ago. 2. The land-bridge was across the Bering Straits. 3. They moved south during the last Ice Age. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 10, Displacing Indigenous Peoples._

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