ABS MC from 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Which High Court Decision overturned terra nullius?

• Blue Mud Bay

• Mabo

• Wik

• Yorta Yorta

Which of the following is the peak Aboriginal organisation for improving political status?

• Aboriginal Education Consultative group

• Aboriginal Legal service

• Human Rights Commission

• National Congress of Australia's First Peoples

What is the term for unfair treatment on the basis of perceived differences between people?

• Discrimination

• prejudice

• resistance

• stereotyping

Statement 1: Institutional racism occurs when the Australian Constitution contains a clause preventing a particular race from voting.

Statement 2: Attitudinal racism occurs when a shopkeeper refuses to serve an Aboriginal person.

Which of the following is correct?

• Both Statements are true.

• Both statements are false

• Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true

• Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false

What was the tent embassy established in 1972?

• to issue Aboriginal passports

• to highlight the issue of Aboriginal land rights

• To raise awareness of housing shortages for Aboriginal People

• To gain greater representation for Aboriginal peoples in Parliament

How are land rights for Aboriginal peoples best defined?

• Aboriginal acknowledgment of prior ownership of land

• The legal and moral acknowledgement of prior Aboriginal ownership of land

• Rules for use of land help by the Australian Government for Aboriginal peoples

• The ability of Aboriginal peoples to have cultural use of national parks and waterwasy

In 2007, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the UN General Assembly.

Which group of countries initially voted against signing the declaration?

• South Africa, Japan, Canada, UK

• USA, NZ, Canada and Australia

• UK, South Africa, Peru, USA

• Australia, South Africa, NZ, USA

Aboriginal people have been denied access to the right to

• Country

• Self-determination

• unique status and culture

• full constitutional recognition

What was one of the results of the 1967 Referendum?

• The Commonwealth gained the power to make laws for Aboriginal peopl

• State and Territory governments maintained the power to make laws for Aboriginal People

• The Commonwealth maintained the power to make laws relating to Aboriginal voting rights

• Aboriginal communities gained the power to make laws relating to social justice and human rights

Statement 1 - "Treaty Rights' refer to spoken and informal rights between two groups recognising prior ownership of land.

Statement 2- 'Treaty Rights" refers to those legal rights set out within documents defining the relationship between two groups.

Which of the following is correct?

• Both statements are true

• Both statements are false

• Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true

• Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false