SOR Religion in Australia post 1945 Quiz 7

Statement 1: Aboriginal kinship creates a bond of understanding between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples.

Statement 2: In Aboriginal spiritualities, the Creator Spirit is primarily responsible for caring for the land.

Which of the following is correct?

• Both statements are true.

• Both statements are false.

• Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true

• Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.

Which of the following best characterises the importance of totemism in Aboriginal spirituality?

• It provides links to ancestral beings.

• It defines the role of Elders in the wider community.

• It determines the relationship between rituals and ethics.

• It empowers communities to pursue activist roles in the seeking of reconciliation.

I would like to pay my respect and acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this meeting takes place, and also pay respect to Elders both past and present.

Which aspect of Aboriginal spirituality is being acknowledged in the statement?

• The worship of traditions

• The importance of meeting places

• The ongoing role of custodianship

• The significance of ceremonial life

Which of the following statements is true about Aboriginal dispossession?

• It ended the policy of assimilation.

• It reduced the importance of Christian missions.

• It limited access to land in rural areas by mining companies.

• It disrupted the inextricable connection between land and kinship.

According to the most recent Australian census data, which of the following is correct?

• Most people born overseas identify with a religion other than Christianity.

• The majority of the population does not identify with any particular religion.

• The majority of the population identifies with Christianity as their religious tradition

• People aged 34 years and younger are less likely to identify as having no religion than people aged 35 years and over.

We cultivated our land, but in a way different from the white man. We endeavour to live with the land, they seemed to live off it.

TOM DYSTRA Aboriginal Elder

This quotation best expresses which of the following?

• Stories of the Dreaming

• Responsibilities to the natural world

• Social expectations and group norms

• Changing the mindset among non-Aboriginal people

Which of the following contributed most to the increase in the numbers of adherents to religious traditions other than Christianity in Australia?

• Growing sectarianism

• Attraction to New Age religions

• Initiatives promoting religious tolerance

• The abolition of the White Australia Policy

Which of the following resulted from the formation of the Uniting Church?

• The Presbyterian and Congregational churches ceased to exist after 1977.

• It caused the inclusion of the ‘no religion’ option in census data

• Methodists became the largest single group in the new church.

• The decline in Protestant affiliation was reversed.

Which row of the table shows the denomination that represents the Church of England in Australia in 1947?

• Denomination 1. 39%

• Denomination 2. 21%

• Denomination 3. 12%

• Denomination 4. 10%

Statement 1: In the Wik decision, the High Court first recognised that the term terra nullius was not an appropriate description of the land.

Statement 2: The Bringing them Home report was the first legal recognition of Aboriginal native title.

Which of the following is correct?

• Both statements are true.

• Both statements are false.

• Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true.

• Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.