MRT-Pre-Mid

Which among the following was NOT one of the factors that influenced the colonization of Australia?

• Trade to Middle East and The Blck death

• America’s refusal to accept convicts transported from Britain’s overcrowded jails.  

• French exploration and interest in the Pacific

a free settlement, as no convicts were transported directly to this region

• New South Wales

• Victoria

• Queensland

• Van Diemen’s Land

two very different cultures that came into contact during the British colonization in Australia

• American and British

• Indigenous and European      

• Chinese and Malay

not an example of the cooperation between Europeans and the Aboriginals

• The use by explorers of Aboriginal trackers

• Racial Discriminations

• Use of European resources                Employment of Aboriginal people    

• Eating Pizza and humburger

Aboriginal people were vulnerable to diseases brought by the European because

• limited immunity

• lacked hospitals

• their places were dirty

major causes of death for Australian women between the ages of 15 -44

• Asthma

• Cancer and Headache

• Childbirth and tuberculosis   

This disease killed around 25% of people in the 19^th century

• Diphtheria                  

• Tuberculosis  

• Typhoid

Life for the convicts in secondary settlements was difficult and punishments were _______.

• Easy

• comfortable

• Harsh

• VIP

The lack of understanding of indigenous life, racial discrimination and desire for land and material gain brought ____________.

• Conflict

• Culture

• Passion

• Unity

The __________ massacre made headlines in Australian newspapers.

• Myall Creek

• Morton bay

• Lagrange

• Victoria