Revision Quiz Aboriginal Studies

Which of the following Aboriginal initiatives directly challenges the validity of European colonisation?

• The establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy

• Mabo Day celebrations on June 3

• Invasion Day celebrations on January 26

• Yirrkala Bark Petition

What argument was used for the claiming of Australia as crown land?

• It was completely uninhabited.

• It was first discovered by the British.

• It had never been subject to the sovereignty of any state.

• It was inhabited by people who could not defend their sovereign right

Which term is used to acknowledge the sovereign rights of Aboriginal people?

• Native title

• Terra nullius

• Terra Australis

• Customary law

Referring to the image, explain how the satirical video game cover expresses an Aboriginal perspective on colonisation.

Which of the following is the name given to the moral norms that governed Aboriginal society?

• Public law

• The Dreaming

• Customary law

• Traditional law

Which of the following is true of human rights?

• They are universal.

• They are specific to Indigenous peoples

• They are specific to non-Indigenous peoples

• They can be overridden by what is best for society

Explain the significance of the Dreaming in Aboriginal peoples’ relationship to the land.

Discuss the impact of dispossession on the Eora Aboriginal community.

Discuss different expressions of the Dreaming in Aboriginal culture.

Describe the social organisation systems of traditional Aboriginal communities.