YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF NZ

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ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.YOUR TASK IS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHOSEN COUNTRY FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS. CAN YOU GET THEM RIGHT ON THE FIRST GO MATE?

COUNTRY KNOWLEDGE

What is the Country that was named here after a province of The Netherlands

A. Arnhemland

B. Tasmania

C. New Amsterdam

D. New Zealand

A GOOD TRY BUT …..

Arnhemland is, contrary to the name not a land. This is a province in Northern Australia. Although named after Arnhem, it has no similarity to the Gelderse city.

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TASMANIA, ALSO LINKED TO THE NETHERLANDS Tasmania was named by and for Abel Tasman, a dutch explorer that discovered the Island, beyond this he also discovered somewhere else. Go back and see if you can discover the LAND that he discovered.

Abel Tasman

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NOT QUITE,

New Amsterdam was named by the Dutch, but was given up to the English and renamed New York. A part of America, a big city, but it is not a land.

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ALRIGHT!

Good, discovered in 1642 by Abel Tasman, though the land was not claimed by a European power and settled until it was visited in1769 by Captain James Cook of England. That is why the New Zealanders speak English and not dutch.

A lot of New Zealands history, culture, language and customs come from the British due to this fact.

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WICKED, DOING WELL, NOW HOW ABOUT THIS QUESTION.

THE NETHERLANDS HAS 360 PEOPLE PER SQUARE KILOMETER. HOW MANY DOES NEW ZEALAND HAVE?

A. 1000

B. 100

C. 3

D. 0

SORRY MATE, JE GONNA HAVETA AV ANNADA GO

CHOICE, YOU GOT IT MATE.WISH THESE NEIGHBOURS OF US WERE AS SMART AS YOU. DON’T FORGET THE INFORMAL NAME FOR NEW ZEALANDERS IS ‘KIWIS’

WHICH CITY IS THE CAPITAL OF NEW ZEALAND?A. Sydney

B. Wellington

C. Auckland

OH OH, THIS IS NOT GOOD

A. Sydney, is not correct. Sydney is not a city in New Zealand but in Australia. In fact Sydney is not even a capital at all. Just as the Dutch have a rivalry with the Belgians or Germans, so do the New Zealanders have such with the Australians.New Zealanders do not like being called Australians. Of course Australians love being called New Zealanders as they know that the country is beautiful and they are very envious that they do not live there.

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ALMOST, BUT ….C. Auckland, is not correct.

You are closer as Auckland is New Zealands biggest city but is not the capital. This city is located on two oceans, the pacific ocean on the eastern side and the Tasman sea on the western side, named after Abel Tasman.The other name for Auckland is the city of sails as so many people own a boat.

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YES, WELL DONEB. Wellington, named after the Duke of Wellington from the battle

of Waterloo, from the Napolionic Wars, is the Capital of New Zealand.

WHAT ARE THE NATIVE PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND CALLED?

A. Aborigine

B. Inuit

C. Maori

OH OH, NOT AGAIN !!! Aboriginies maybe from ‘Down under’, but they are from the other part Australia.

Being nomadic and very traditional they are very different to the native people of New Zealand, the …….

CLOSE BUT NO CIGARInuit are indeed native people but it is not the name for the natives of New Zealand. Instead it relates to those in the very northern parts of the world, usually referred to those in Canada.

Do you know what the house is called?

YEAH MAN !! Good, the natives are indeed the Maori. Although they were there before the Europeans, they also discovered New Zealand from the Pacific Islands almost 1000 years ago. The Maori culture is important for the image and branding of New Zealand abroad.

WHAT SEASON IS IT IN DECEMBER IN NEW ZEALAND

A. Winter

B. Spring

C. Summer

NOT THIS ONE MATE Sorry, this is not correct, try again.

CORRECT Yes, when it is winter here in the Netherlands, it is summer in New Zealand. Christmas is usually at the beach with a BBQ, in your Jandals (plastic slippers) having a barbi (bbq), playing cricket.The tree you see here is the Pohutukawa, why? Because it only flowers at christmas. In the sun.

SUMMARY OF KNOWLEDGE Answer the following questions which you have seen in this display and when you have all the answers, show them to your teacher.1. What was the New Zealand Christmas tree called?

2. Who was the Dutch man who discovered New Zealand?

3. Who do New Zealanders have a rivalry with, just like the Dutch and the Belgians?

4. After who was the capital of New Zealand named?

5. What is the informal name for New Zealanders?

6. Why is Maori culture so important for modern New Zealand?

7. What is the other name that they call Auckland?

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Well done, you have one more country under your belt. Perphaps you will do business there one day.