Year 9 Humanities - Rights & Freedoms

What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

• A list of 15 articles stating the rights of all people

• A treaty outlining 30 articles on the rights of all people

• The first globally agreed declaration outlining human rights

• A list of fundamental rights for all Indigenous people

Australia was a founding member of the United Nations?

• True

• False

When Australia signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was our treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consistent with the declaration?

• True

• False

What is the meaning of the word 'terra nullius'?

• arrival of white settlers

• land before time

• land without structures

• empty land

What is the meaning of the term self-determination?

• being able to make decisions for yourself

• to determine long term goals for a group of people

• a time when a group of people can determine their own state and government

• to form a small group and start a country

Can you identify from the list below two Indigenous warriors?

• Pemulwuy

• Patrick Dodson

• Yagan

• Noel Pearson

• Charles Perkins

From the list below which strategies have been used by Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders to achieve their goals for representation and recognition? Select 3 answers

• Walk Off

• Strike

• Petition

• March

• Protest Songs

On 26th January 1938 Aboriginal leaders held a protest to coincide with what event? Select the correct answer below

• Armistice Day

• NAIDOC week

• Australia Day

• 100 years since European settlement

The Stolen Generation refers to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples removed from their families and communities. What was unique about those who were removed?

• pure blood children

• quadroon children

• octaroon children

• half caste children

Select two reasons from the below list that were used to justify removal of children from their families and communities.

• so children would be absorbed into the white society

• to provide state school education

• to provide religious instruction to removed children

• improve the lives of children