#FIB-RW-23000906Reading & Writing: Fill in the BlanksCore & AcademicHard
New Zealand Islands
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Twelve hundred miles east of Australia [blank] the islands of New Zealand. Long before they were [blank] by Europeans, a Polynesian race of warriors, the Maoris had sailed across the Pacific from the northeast and established a civilization [blank] for the brilliance of its art and the strength of its military [blank] . When Captain Cook visited these islands towards the end of the 18th century, he [blank] that the population numbered about a hundred thousand.
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Twelve hundred miles east of Australia lie the islands of New Zealand. Long before they were discovered by Europeans, a Polynesian race of warriors, the Maoris had sailed across the Pacific from the northeast and established a civilization notable for the brilliance of its art and the strength of its military system . When Captain Cook visited these islands towards the end of the 18th century, he estimated that the population numbered about a hundred thousand.
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