NCEA Level 2 History 91231 91233 91234 free practice questions with answers

Question 1 (13 marks) [Examine sources of an historical event of significance to New Zealanders]

(a) Introduction: The raising of the 28th (Māori) Battalion (1939-1940). Background (context only): After the war the battalion sent a contingent to Japan with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force and was disbanded in January 1946. The sources below are facts taken from published histories (the Wikipedia article each comes from is named), and the brackets say what kind of evidence each source

is. As you answer, go beyond the obvious, note questions a historian might still ask, and think about who created each source and why. Sources 1–3 (about the causes): • Source 1 (a report of what a government, leader or organisation did; from the article ‘Māori Battalion’): In mid-1939 Sir Āpirana Ngata began discussing the idea, which was supported by the Māori MPs Eruera Tirikātene and Paraire Paikea.

• Source 2 (a view or interpretation of the event; from the article ‘Māori Battalion’): According to the historian Claudia Orange, raising the battalion was seen as a chance to prove the worth of Māoridom and even secure the long-term goal of Māori autonomy. • Source 3 (a report of what a government, leader or organisation did; from the article ‘Māori Battalion’): The 28th (Māori) Battalion was formed after pressure on the Labour government from some Māori Members of Parliament and Māori organisations who wanted a full Māori unit raised for service overseas. Sources 4–6 (about what people thought and did): • Source 4 (a report of what a government, leader or organisation did; from the article ‘Māori Battalion’): At first the New Zealand government was hesitant, but on 4 October 1939 it announced that the proposal would be accepted. • Source 5 (a view or interpretation of the event; from the article ‘Māori Battalion’):

Both Allied and German commanders have acknowledged the battalion's reputation as a fighting force. • Source 6 (a record of what happened or was achieved; from the article ‘Māori Battalion’): The battalion fought in the Greek, North African and Italian campaigns and became the most-decorated New Zealand battalion of the war. Why was the 28th (Māori) Battalion raised? Use evidence from at least TWO of Sources 1–3.

(a) Answer: The Māori Battalion was raised because Māori MPs, organisations and leaders such as Āpirana Ngata pressed for a full Māori unit for service overseas, which they saw as a chance to prove the worth of Māori and even secure Māori autonomy. Participation was linked to Māori hopes of recognition and autonomy, so the cause was political as well as military.

• Evidence level: Merit (uses evidence from at least two sources to explain a cause).

• Explain: The Māori Battalion was raised because Māori MPs, organisations and leaders such as Āpirana Ngata pressed for a full Māori unit for service overseas, which they saw as a chance to prove the worth of Māori and even secure Māori autonomy.