A&TSI Rights and Freedoms 2

What does Terra Nullius mean?

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

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

• territory that indigenous people own so that the first nation to discover it is entitled to pay for it.

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

What was the Day of Mourning?

• First organised civil rights protest by African-Americans

• First organised civil rights protest by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Peoples

• Second organised civil rights protest by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Peoples

• The final organised civil rights protest by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Peoples

What happened to Aboriginal people on reserves and missions?

• They were taught to reject their European ways of life

• They were injected with smallpox

• They were taught to reject their Aboriginality and had to convert to Christianity

• They were taught to speak English and how to fight

Why did the government take mixed race Aboriginal children from their families?

• Government thought these children could be absorbed into the wider white population.

• Government thought these children could be better used as servants.

• Government thought their parents could not look after them

• Government thought these children could be absorbed into the wider black population.

What does civil rights mean?

• The rights of Aboriginal people for social and political rights

• The rights of citizens for social and political rights

• The rights of Europeans for social and political rights

• The rights of citizens for social and cutural rights

When was the Day of Mourning Protest?

• 26 January, 1967

• 26 January, 1948

• 26 January, 1938

• 1 January, 1788

What did the beginning of European settlement mean for Aboriginal people?

• the beginning of European education and the European invasion of a their homes

• the beginning of Indian settlement and the European invasion of a land they had lived in continuously for thousands of years

• the beginning of European settlement and the European invasion of a land they had lived in continuously for thousands of years

• the beginning of a new language and customs and changed Aboriginal society for the better

How were Aboriginal people impacted by colonisation?

• Better eduction and opportunities

• loss of land, disease, conflict, break down of social structures

• loss of land, disease, new language

• break down of social structures, found new jobs

What did segregation laws do?

• Made sure children went to school.

• Kept black people and white people separate.

• Made sure all people could vote.

• Kept people from driving too fast.

What is assimilation?

• A majority culture adopting the beliefs of a minority culture

• A minority culture adopting the beliefs of a majority culture