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Authored by Munsha Mbasela

World Languages

4th Grade

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This quiz centers on civic responsibility and government accountability through a case study of Australia's National Broadband Network project. The questions are appropriately designed for 4th grade students, requiring them to demonstrate reading comprehension skills while analyzing real-world government policy decisions. Students need to understand chronological sequencing of events, cause-and-effect relationships, and the concepts of promises versus actual outcomes in governance. The material builds vocabulary understanding with terms like "ambitious," "revise," "underpromise," and "overdeliver" while developing critical thinking skills about leadership accountability. Students must synthesize information about infrastructure projects, analyze decision-making processes, and apply ethical reasoning about promise-keeping in both governmental and personal contexts. The quiz effectively bridges concrete government actions with abstract concepts of trust, integrity, and civic expectations. Created by Munsha Mbasela, a World Languages teacher in Zambia who teaches grade 4. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for cross-curricular learning that integrates social studies concepts with language arts skills. Teachers can use this assessment for formative evaluation of students' ability to analyze government actions and their consequences, making it ideal for warm-up discussions about civic responsibility or as homework following lessons on government services and accountability. The quiz works particularly well for review sessions before units on leadership and ethics, and can spark meaningful classroom discussions about promise-keeping and trust in various contexts. This assessment aligns with NCSS.D2.Civ.1.3-5 standards for distinguishing the responsibilities and powers of government officials, and supports ELA standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.3 for explaining events and concepts in historical texts using specific information from the text.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What year did the Australian government first announce their internet project?

2010

2013

2009

2025

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of internet did the Australian government originally promise?

Copper wire internet

Satellite internet

Fiber-based internet

Wireless internet

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What percentage of the population was supposed to get super-fast internet?

50%

75%

93%

100%

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what year did the Australian government change their internet plan?

2009

2010

2013

2025

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of wire did the Australian government decide to use instead of fiber?

Aluminum wire

Copper wire

Plastic wire

Steel wire

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In 2025, what problem were many Australians still facing?

Too much internet

No or slow internet

Free internet

Fast internet everywhere

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What word describes the original internet project as being very large and difficult?

Small

Easy

Ambitious

Simple

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