Which Statement Best Summarizes the Maori Today

question 79

Multiple Choice

Which statement best summarizes the Maori today?

• A) They remain a discriminated-against minority, and people try to hide any Maori ancestry.
• B) All of the Maoris' traditional lands have been restored by the government of New Zealand.
• C) While some Maori land has been transferred back to Maori control, the Maori as a whole still have lower employment and lower education levels than the New Zealand population as a whole.
• D) In search of land, most of the Maori population of New Zealand has emigrated to the northern Mariana Islands, where they receive subsidies from the U.S. government.

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Definitions:

Scoria

A type of volcanic rock characterized by its vesicular texture and low density, formed from cooling lava.

Vesicular Basalt

A type of igneous rock characterized by a porous structure due to gas bubbles trapped in the lava during solidification.

Pillow Basalts

Pillow basalts are bulbous, spherical lava formations created when lava erupts underwater or flows into water, rapidly cooling and solidifying.

Composite Volcano

A type of volcano formed by the eruption of viscous lava along with ash and rock, characterized by steep profiles and periodic, explosive eruptions.