Year 7 Civics & Citizenship Quiz

Australia's Constitution consists of:

• 8 chapters

• 7 chapters

• 9 chapters

• 6 chapters

The Australian Constitution can only be changed through the process of a:

• Representative

• Referendum

• Plebiscite

• Referent Power

Matthew Flinders was the first European to circumnavigate Australia. He gave it that name, which is derived from the Latin term "Terra Australis Incognito", meaning;

• Unknown Northern Land

• Unknown Western Land

• Unknown Eastern Land

• Unknown Southern Land

New Holland was named by the:

• French

• English

• Dutch

• Spanish

The Latin term for "empty land" is:

• Terror of No One

• Terra Nobody

• Terra No One

• Terra Nullius

Terra Nullius was used by the British as a:

• Legal excuse to travel around the world

• Legal excuse for settling Australia

• Legal excuse for settling New Holland

• Legal excuse for transporting convicts

The joining together of separate colonies in 1901 to form the nation of Australia is known as:

• Federalism

• The Constitution

• Federation

• Exploration

Terra Nullius was claimed by Captain Cook because:

• He saw no evidence of traditional English farming

• He saw no people living here

• He did not see any cows or sheep

• He saw no houses

The First Fleet arrived in:

• New Holland

• Indonesia

• New Zealand

• New South Wales

Prior to 1788, Australia was organised into:

• 2 language groups

• More than 300 language groups

• More than 1000 language groups

• Dutch and English speakers