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First Fleet problems

Authored by Mr Toll

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4th Grade

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First Fleet problems
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What was the effect of food shortages in the colony?

People ordered takeaway more often

HMS Sirius went to England to buy supplies

HMS Sirius went to South Africa to buy supplies

Hard working convicts were released

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What was a cause of food shortage in the colony?

Supply ships were attacked by pirates

Supply ships were to lazy to come

Supply ships got lost

Supply ships were shipwrecked

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Night patrols were started to reduce crime. What caused this to happen?

Sheep and cattle wandered away from the settlement

Convicts and soldiers began to steal supplies.

New equipment arrived at the colony

Convicts were being lazy

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Convicts and soldiers began to steal from Fleet stores. What was an effect of this?

Hard working convicts were released

Stealing was punished by death by hanging

Thieves were sent back to England

Convicts were rewarded for reporting crimes

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Marines refused to work seven days a week. What was an effect of this for the colony?

Governor Phillip increased the working days to six.

Governor Phillip hung those who refused to work.

Governor Phillip decreased the working days to six.

Governor Phillip increased the working days to eight.

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What were the effects of colonists being too weak to work?

They hunted native animals for food.

They stole from the Fleet stores.

They ran away.

They planted extra food.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What was the effect of the lack of fresh fruit and vegetables?

Typhus

Dysentery

Scurvy

Consumption

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