Making a Nation quiz

What were the reasons Britain colonised Australia?

• For resources, trade and to rid Britain of an excess of criminals

• For land to raise sheep, imperial ambition and to rid Britain of an excess of criminals

• For resources, imperial ambition and to rid Britain of an excess of political prisoners

• For resources, imperial ambition and to rid Britain of an excess of criminals

In the context of British colonisation of Australia, what does colonisation mean?

• Establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.

• Establishing control over the people of an area in North America.

• Establishing a colony in an area in order to trade with indigenous people

• Establishing control over people within an agrarian population

When did the British Naval officer - Captain James Cook - land in Botany Bay

• 29 April, 1776

• 29 April, 1780

• 27 April, 1788

• 20 May, 1781

What does Terra Nullius mean?

• Land that has previously been used for agriculture

• territory that is occupied by indigenous people of North America

• "nobody's land" - territory that nobody owns so that the first nation to discover it is entitled to take it over

• Land that has not be used for agriculture

What does empire mean?

• An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch

• An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch or state.

• An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a state.

• An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a queen.

What does dispossession mean?

• The act of giving someone of land, property, or other possessions.

• The act of depriving someone of land, property, or other possessions

• The act of depriving Europeans of land, property, or other possessions

• The act of depriving someone of possessions

What were missions?

• Created by churches or religious individuals to house Aboriginal people and train them in Christian ideals

• Created by individuals to house Aboriginal people and train them for work

• Created by Aborigines or religious individuals to house European people and train them in Christian ideals and to also prepare them for work

• Created by churches or religious individuals to house Aboriginal people and train them in Christian ideals and to also prepare them for work

What does the acronym D.A.D.f.m stand for?

• Disease, Armed conflict, Dispossession, Food source, Missions and protectorates

• Disease, Armed conflict, Diet, Food source, Missions and protectorates

• Disease, Armed conflict, Dispossession, Factories, Missions and protectorates

• Disease, Armed conflict, Dispossession, Food source, Missions and police

Who was the Aborigine known for violent attacks against settlers during the early years of settlement in New South Wales

• Truganini

• Pemulwuy

• Bennelong

• Benneton

What was the first act that excluded non-Europeans in 1901?

• Asian Restriction Act

• Non-European Restriction Act

• Chinese Restriction Act

• Immigration Restriction Act