Aboriginal Australian Protests

The term 'Terra Nullius' means

• conquered land belonging to the empire

• land disputed by neighbouring countries

• land belonging to no one

• land owned and maintained by native inhabitants

What is the Stolen Generation?

• A generation of people who moved out of Australia

• A generation of Indigenous Australians that were taken from their families

• A generation that survived the first wave of European settlers

• A generation of Indigenous children who disappeared mysteriously

Why did the Australian government want to enact the Aboriginal Protection Act, which essentially created the Stolen Generation?

• To protect the British settlers from Aboriginal violence.

• To deny Indigenous Australians the rights and freedoms that White Australians had.

• To 'breed out' and eradicate the Aboriginal 'race' and 'color'.

• To establish more control over the states and territories.

What is the term for giving up your own minority culture and adopting the culture of the majority?

• Assimilation

• Eradication

• Integration

• Multiculturalism

What happened to Aboriginal people on reserves and missions?

• They were infected with smallpox

• They were taught to speak English and to be good domestic servants

• They were taught to reject their Aboriginal culture and to convert to Christianity

• They were taught how to act European so that they could return to the cities.

The Day of Mourning 1938 was important because

• It showed Australia that the Indigenous people were a force to be reckoned with.

• It was the first official protest of the Australian Civil Rights movement

• It demonstrated the brutality that Indigenous Australians faced from the government.

• It was the most successful protest of the Australian Civil Rights movement.

Which document was created in 1948 to explain the rights that each human being has?

• Declaration of Independence

• The Geneva Convention

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

At it's creation, what was The United Nations ' purpose?

• To maintain an international criminal court

• To ensure world peace and avoid another World War

• To protect all fundamental human rights across the globe

• All of the above

What is a referendum?

• A change in the constitution

• A direct vote by citizens to change the constitution

• A vote by non-citizens to apply for citizenship

• None of the above

What things could Indigenous Australians not do without permission before the 1967 Referendum?

• Vote

• Marry who they wanted

• Have sole custody of their children

• All of the above