Aboriginal Dreamtime Quiz

What is the Dreamtime?

• A popular Aboriginal food dish

• A type of Aboriginal dance

• The foundation of Aboriginal religion and culture

• A period of the day when people sleep

According to First Nations Peoples, who created the land and the people?

• Aliens from outer space

• The Spirits

• The government

• European settlers

What did the Ancestors make to show the Indigenous people which places were to be sacred?

• Customary songs

• Road signs

• Ritual ceremonies

• Particular sites

What is the Dreamtime a story of?

• The history of European colonization

• The invention of modern technology

• Events that will happen in the future

• How the universe came to be

How did Indigenous people understand the Dreamtime?

• As a recent development in their culture

• As a period that only existed in the past

• As a beginning that never ended

• As a fictional story

What did the myths of the Dreamtime provide for Aboriginal society?

• Instructions for building houses

• Information about modern technology

• Certainty about existence

• Doubt about existence

What did the ancestors say the land was like during the Dreamtime?

• A bustling city

• Covered in snow

• Vacuous and empty

• Full of life and form

What did the creators declare during the Dreamtime?

• The laws of cooking

• The laws of video games

• The laws of fashion

• The laws of marriage

Where did some of the creators go after the Dreamtime?

• They became invisible

• They continued to live on the land or in the sky above

• They disappeared completely

• They went to live in other countries

What is the significance of the Dreamtime in Aboriginal society?

• It provides instructions for traditional ceremonies

• It offers guidance on modern technology

• It provides a sense of certainty about existence

• It creates doubt about existence