The colonisation of Australia

Who is the Captain that claimed he discovered Australia?

• General Boneparte

• Jonathan Cook

• James Cook

• Napoleon

What is the 16th century referred to?

• Age of Machinery

• Ice Age

• Age of Stone

• Age of Discovery

What led to more and better discoveries?

• Railway Upgrades

• Trade between countries

• Ship Building

• Building of Planes

Why did Britain look for new colonies?

• To find land for their people

• Valuable materials

• Just to own new land

When did Australia become a colony of Britain?

• 1850

• 1788

• 1901

• 1770

What is meant by a penal colony?

• a distant or overseas settlement established for punishing criminals by forced labour and isolation from society

• a distant or overseas settlement established for finding new land by sending professional labourers and creating a new society

What do free settlers do?

• They were charged to buy their own land and start their own cities.

• They were free to settle their own land and start their own cities.

• They were free to leave their own land and live in their own cities.

What was expected form the convicts?

• Building

• Farming

• Living

• Hunting

Convicts where sent to Australia because they committed the worst crimes?

• True

• False

Indigenous population was reduced by 90% during the colonisation?

• True

• False