HY Quizz Year 10 History SFCC

The term 'Terra Nullius' means

• conquered land belonging to the empire

• land disputed by neighbouring countries

• land belonging to no one

• land owned and maintained by native inhabitants

What is the Stolen Generation?

• A generation of people who moved out of Australia

• A generation of Indigenous Australians that were taken from their families

• A generation that survived the first wave of European settlers

• A generation of Indigenous children who disappeared mysteriously

Why did the Australian government want to enact the Aboriginal Protection Act, which essentially created the Stolen Generation?

• To protect the British settlers from Aboriginal violence.

• To deny Indigenous Australians the rights and freedoms that White Australians had.

• To 'breed out' and eradicate the Aboriginal 'race' and 'color'.

• To establish more control over the states and territories.

What is the term for giving up your own minority culture and adopting the culture of the majority?

• Assimilation

• Eradication

• Integration

• Multiculturalism

What happened to Aboriginal people on reserves and missions?

• They were infected with smallpox

• They were taught to speak English and to be good domestic servants

• They were taught to reject their Aboriginal culture and to convert to Christianity

• They were taught how to act European so that they could return to the cities.

Which document was created in 1948 to explain the rights that each human being has?

• Declaration of Independence

• The Geneva Convention

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

At it's creation, what was The United Nations ' purpose?

• To maintain an international criminal court

• To ensure world peace and avoid another World War

• To protect all fundamental human rights across the globe

• All of the above

What are human rights?

• Privileges that only certain people have

• Responsibilities that everyone has because they are human

• Freedoms that everyone has because they are simply human

• Freedoms that everyone has based on which country you live in.

What was the actual policy name of the Stolen Generation that was given in Victoria?

• The Aboriginal Reconciliation Bill

• The Aboriginal Protection Act

• The Indigenous Procreation Initiative

• The Aboriginal Prosperity Initiative

What year did the Stolen Generation begin in Australia?

• 1914

• 1869

• 1911

• Trick question - the Stolen Generation was the result of various policies put forward by various governments at different times. There is no one, single date.