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- 1. Multiple Choice
The term 'Terra Nullius' means
conquered land belonging to the empire
land disputed by neighbouring countries
land belonging to no one
land owned and maintained by native inhabitants
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the Stolen Generation?
A generation of people who moved out of Australia
A generation of Indigenous Australians that were taken from their families
A generation that survived the first wave of European settlers
A generation of Indigenous children who disappeared mysteriously
- 3. Multiple Choice
Why did the Australian government want to enact the Aboriginal Protection Act, which essentially created the Stolen Generation?
To protect the British settlers from Aboriginal violence.
To deny Indigenous Australians the rights and freedoms that White Australians had.
To 'breed out' and eradicate the Aboriginal 'race' and 'color'.
To establish more control over the states and territories.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the term for giving up your own minority culture and adopting the culture of the majority?
Assimilation
Eradication
Integration
Multiculturalism
- 5. Multiple Choice
What happened to Aboriginal people on reserves and missions?
They were infected with smallpox
They were taught to speak English and to be good domestic servants
They were taught to reject their Aboriginal culture and to convert to Christianity
They were taught how to act European so that they could return to the cities.
- 6. Multiple Choice
The Day of Mourning 1938 was important because
It showed Australia that the Indigenous people were a force to be reckoned with.
It was the first official protest of the Australian Civil Rights movement
It demonstrated the brutality that Indigenous Australians faced from the government.
It was the most successful protest of the Australian Civil Rights movement.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which document was created in 1948 to explain the rights that each human being has?
Declaration of Independence
The Geneva Convention
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- 8. Multiple Choice
At it's creation, what was The United Nations ' purpose?
To maintain an international criminal court
To ensure world peace and avoid another World War
To protect all fundamental human rights across the globe
All of the above
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is a referendum?
A change in the constitution
A direct vote by citizens to change the constitution
A vote by non-citizens to apply for citizenship
None of the above
- 10. Multiple Choice
What things could Indigenous Australians not do without permission before the 1967 Referendum?
Vote
Marry who they wanted
Have sole custody of their children
All of the above
- 11. Multiple Choice
What was the outcome of the 1967 Referendum?
Indigenous Australians were granted the right to vote
Indigenous Australians were recognized by the UN
Indigenous Australians became citizens and were counted in the census.
Indigenous Australians could change the constitution
- 12. Multiple Choice
What year did the Freedom Rides in Australian happen?
1961
1965
1967
1970
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who led the Freedom Rides in Australia?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Vincent Lingiari
Charles Perkins
Eddie Mabo
- 14. Multiple Choice
What was the main message of the Bringing Them Home Report?
That the Stolen Generation does not actually exist
That there are no ongoing impacts on members of the Stolen Generation
That members of the stolen generation had their human rights grossly violated.
Removing Indigenous children had a positive impact on the country
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was aim of the Freedoms Rides in Australia?
Expose the poor living conditions that Aboriginal Australians had to live in
Pressure the Australian government to recognize Aboriginal land ownership
Gain public support for the American Civil Rights movement
Support Aboriginal Australian's right to vote in federal elections
- 16. Multiple Choice
What was the goal of the Wave Hill Walk off (also known as the Gurindji Strike)?
To protest the government policy of assimilation
To demand citizenship for all Aboriginals
To demand fair pay and land rights
To protest the government policy of integration
- 17. Multiple Choice
What landmark event overturned the concept of 'Terra Nullius'?
Tent Embassy
Mabo Decision
Gurundji Strike
1967 Referendum
- 18. Multiple Choice
What is native title?
The recognition that Indigenous Australians have rights to lands based on their traditions.
A declaration that all of Australia belongs to Aboriginals
The granting of automatic ownership of land to Indigenous people
None of the above
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which Prime Minister officially apologized to the Stolen Generation?
Gough Whitlam
Scott Morrison
John Howard
Kevin Rudd
- 20. Multiple Choice
What are human rights?
Privileges that only certain people have
Responsibilities that everyone has because they are human
Freedoms that everyone has because they are simply human
Freedoms that everyone has based on which country you live in.
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