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First Fleet Vocab

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A person found guilty of a criminal offense

a)

Convict

b)

Penal

c)

Free Settler

d)

Prisoner

2.

Relating to, used for, or prescribing the punishment of offenders under the legal system

a)

Colony

b)

Penal

c)

Convict

d)

Fleet

3.

A group of ships sailing together, engaged in the same activity, or under the same ownership

a)

Navigation

b)

Colony

c)

Settlement

d)

Fleet

4.

Allow each person to have only a fixed amount of food/water

a)

Shortage

b)

Larceny

c)

Rations

d)

Transport

5.

Alternate punishment to hanging for sentences over 7 years

a)

Prison hulk

b)

Navigation

c)

Transportation

d)

Larceny

6.

People who chose to leave their homes in Britain and make a new life in Australia

a)

Free settler

b)

Colonist

c)

Convict

d)

Fleet

7.

Ships that were used as prisons, either temporarily or permanently

a)

Prison hulk

b)

Fleet

c)

Fleet

d)

Settlement

8.

A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country

a)

Settlement

b)

Penal

c)

Colony

d)

Ration

9.

The action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area

a)

Navigation

b)

Colonization

c)

Larceny

d)

Convict

10.

Theft of personal property

a)

Penal

b)

Fleet

c)

Ration

d)

Larceny

11.

A place, typically one that has been uninhabited, where people establish a community

a)

Colony

b)

Settlement

c)

Penal

d)

Colonization

12.

The process or activity of accurately finding one's position and planning and following a route

a)

Colonation

b)

Transportation

c)

Navigation

d)

Rationing