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WorksheetsFirst Fleet 101
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who arrived on the First Fleet?
a)
Aboriginals
b)
British convicts, seamen, civil officers and free people
c)
Captain Cook
d)
Dinosaurs
2.
How man ships where in the First Fleet?
a)
3
b)
25
c)
11
d)
108
3.
When did the First Fleet leave Portsmouth, England for Australia?
a)
13 May 2016
b)
14 May 1887
c)
31 May 1788
d)
13 May 1787
4.
When did the First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay, Australia?
a)
19 January 1788
b)
24 January 1788
5.
Where did the First Fleet settle in New South Wales?
a)
Botany Bay
b)
Sydney Cove
c)
Sorrento
d)
Torquay
6.
Who was in charge of the First Fleet?
a)
Captain Cook
b)
Captain Arthur Phillip
c)
Captain Jobe Watson
d)
Captain
7.
What is a convict?
a)
An innocent person
b)
A man who works
c)
A prisoner who has commited a crime
d)
A person with a sentence
8.
Why were convicts sent to Australia?
a)
America refused to take convicts
b)
Prisons overcrowded
c)
Australia was 'Terra Nullius'
d)
All of the above
9.
How much of the Aboriginal population were removed between 1788-1900?
a)
10%
b)
30%
c)
50%
d)
90%
10.
What factors caused the Aboriginal population to reduce dramatically?
a)
Introduction to new diseases
b)
Conflict
c)
Removed from land
d)
All of the above
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