Australia's Colonization

Australia's History and Colonization

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Standard & Learning Target

• SS6H4 Impact of European Colonization on Aborigines

• Learning Target: I can explain how Europeans affected the Aboriginal People

Graphic Organizer

• Divide your paper into four squares and label each square

• Square 1: European Exploration

• Square 2: Prisoner Colony

• Square 3: Commonwealth of Australia

• Square 4: Aborigines

On the first square titled "European Explorations" please write the following:

• Dutch (Netherlands) first there in 1606, left after chased away by Aborigines

• James Cook ignored the Aborigines and claimed Australia for England

On slide titled "Prisoner Colony" please write down the following:

• England was looking for another place to send its prisoners

• Australia was an island that was open and prisoners couldn't escape

• Great location for shipping goods to and from Asia

On the square titled

"Commonwealth of Australia" please write down:

• 1901 the colony was officially named Australia

• Did not allow people of color until 1901

• Had 7 mini-colonies that became the states of Australia

On the square titled "Aborigines" please write down the following:

• Europeans forced Aboriginals to move or killed them

• Did not allow Aboriginals to teach their children about their culture

• From 1788-1967 (179 years), Aborigines had no rights in Australia

Multiple Choice

What is the reason most Australians speak English today?

• It is illegal to speak other languages in Australia.

• The settlers spoke English and forced their language and culture on the original inhabitants of Australia.

• The Aboriginal people were already English-speakers before the Europeans arrived.

• The monarchy requires all of the countries that are a part of the British Commonwealth to speak English.

Multiple Choice

Although not the first European country to reach the continent, what country colonized Australia starting in 1788?

• Spain

• Portugal

• France

• England

Multiple Choice

Which is a reason that the British wanted to start a colony in Australia?

• to use is a penal (prison) colony

• to reduce the population of London

• to have religious freedom

• to expand trade with the Aborigines

Multiple Choice

Who were the original inhabitants of Australia?

• First Nations

• Aztec

• Aboriginal people

• Inuit

Multiple Choice

How were the Aboriginal people affected by the British colonization of Australia in the nineteenth century?

• Gold and diamond mines made the Aboriginal people very wealthy.

• Laws were created to make sure that the rights of the Aboriginal people were protected.

• Aboriginal farmers had to change the type of crops they were growing.

• European diseases spread and killed half of the Aboriginal population.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following correctly describes the effect of European colonization on the languages of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia?

• Native languages have been standardized and given an alphabet.

• Colonizers were able to successfully preserve many native languages.

• Many of the Aboriginal languages are now extinct and few are still widely spoken.

• Most Aboriginal peoples have refused to give up their native languages for English.