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A&TSI Rights and Freedoms 2

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Terra Nullius mean?

a)

"nobody's land" - territory that nobody owns so that the first nation to discover it is entitled to take it over.

b)

"every body's land" - territory that nobody owns so that the first nation to discover it is entitled to take it over.

c)

territory that indigenous people own so that the first nation to discover it is entitled to pay for it.

d)

"white man's land" - territory that nobody owns so that the first nation to discover it is entitled to take it over.

2.

What was the Day of Mourning?

a)

First organised civil rights protest by African-Americans

b)

First organised civil rights protest by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Peoples

c)

Second organised civil rights protest by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Peoples

d)

The final organised civil rights protest by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Peoples

3.

What happened to Aboriginal people on reserves and missions?

a)

They were taught to reject their European ways of life

b)

They were injected with smallpox

c)

They were taught to reject their Aboriginality and had to convert to Christianity

d)

They were taught to speak English and how to fight

4.

Why did the government take mixed race Aboriginal children from their families?

a)

Government thought these children could be absorbed into the wider white population.

b)

Government thought these children could be better used as servants.

c)

Government thought their parents could not look after them

d)

Government thought these children could be absorbed into the wider black population.

5.

What does civil rights mean?

a)

The rights of Aboriginal people for social and political rights

b)

The rights of citizens for social and political rights

c)

The rights of Europeans for social and political rights

d)

The rights of citizens for social and cutural rights

6.

When was the Day of Mourning Protest?

a)

26 January, 1967

b)

26 January, 1948

c)

26 January, 1938

d)

1 January, 1788

7.

What did the beginning of European settlement mean for Aboriginal people?

a)

the beginning of European education and the European invasion of a their homes

b)

the beginning of Indian settlement and the European invasion of a land they had lived in continuously for thousands of years

c)

the beginning of European settlement and the European invasion of a land they had lived in continuously for thousands of years

d)

the beginning of a new language and customs and changed Aboriginal society for the better

8.

How were Aboriginal people impacted by colonisation?

a)

Better eduction and opportunities

b)

loss of land, disease, conflict, break down of social structures

c)

loss of land, disease, new language

d)

break down of social structures, found new jobs

9.

What did segregation laws do?

a)

Made sure children went to school.

b)

Kept black people and white people separate.

c)

Made sure all people could vote.

d)

Kept people from driving too fast.

10.

What is assimilation?

a)

A majority culture adopting the beliefs of a minority culture

b)

A minority culture adopting the beliefs of a majority culture

11.

Who established the Australian Aborigine League? (1945)

a)

Cooper Williams

b)

William Cooper

c)

Billy Williams

d)

Billy Coopers

12.

The name given to the children forcibly removed from their families is?

a)

Stolen Generation

b)

Lost Boys

c)

Lost Gerneration

d)

Assimilated Generation

13.
Eddie Mabo was born 
a)
in northern Queensland
b)
in the Northern Territory
c)
on Murray Island
d)
on Great Keppel Island
14.

From the list below which strategies have been used by Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders to achieve their goals for representation and recognition? Select 3 answers

a)

Walk Off

b)

Strike

c)

Petition

d)

March

e)

Protest Songs

15.

Select two reasons from the below list that were used to justify removal of children from their families and communities.

a)

so children would be absorbed into the white society

b)

to provide state school education

c)

to provide religious instruction to removed children

d)

improve the lives of children

16.

Which definition below best describes Reconciliation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?

a)

About saying sorry for the wrongs committed on Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people since white settlement

b)

Building better relationships between Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people and the wider community

c)

To provide Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people with the necessary skills to run for political office and to make community changes

d)

To say sorry for the wrongful removal of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children during the Stolen Generation

17.

Eddie Mabo was a Torres Strait Islander man who fought in the High Court of Australia for 10 years to achieve what?

a)

To achieve reconciliation for Murray (Mer) Island

b)

To achieve recognition of continual ownership of Murray (Mer) Island in the Torres Strait

c)

To extinguish (overturn) pastoral (farming) leases in Queensland

d)

To remove all references to white settlement in the Torres Strait

18.

On 26 May 1997 the Bringing Them Home report was issued, What was the contents of this report?

a)

To count the numbers of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children removed from their homes during the Stolen Generation

b)

To document the frontier violence between settlers and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples

c)

To report on an inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children from their families

d)

To report on the active claims from Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people's throughout Australia.

19.

When did Kevin Rudd famously apologise to the Stolen Generations

a)

2000

b)

2001

c)

2008

d)

2007

20.

In what year were the Freedom Rides?

a)

1972

b)

1980

c)

1965

d)

1962

21.

The Freedom Rides were inspired by those conducted in the US Civil Rights Movement

a)

True

b)

False

22.

The Freedom Rides mostly focused on

a)

rural NSW

b)

rural VIC

c)

All of QLD

d)

All of WA

23.

Where did the Gurindji Stockmen strike occur?

a)

Wave Mountain

b)

Wave Flats

c)

Wave Molehill

d)

Wave Hill

24.

What happened at the 1997 Reconciliation Conference

a)

John Howard apologised to Aboriginal people

b)

John Howard refused to give an apology

c)

Kevin Rudd apologised to the Aboriginal people

d)

Kevin Rudd refused to give an apology

25.

When did the Bringing them Home Report come out?

a)

1998

b)

1996

c)

1997

d)

1990

26.

In 1993, this court case ruled that the Aboriginal people had owned land before the British had arrived.

a)

The Mabo Case

b)

The OJ Simpson Case

c)

The Land Case

d)

The Terra Nullius Case

27.

Which Australian Prime Minister said sorry to the Aboriginal people?

a)

John Howard

b)

Clive Palmer

c)

Kevin Rudd

d)

Paul Keating

28.

The inquiry that told peoples stories about the Stolen Generation was called?

a)

The Set them Free Report

b)

The Bringing them Home Report.

c)

The Saying Sorry Report

d)

The Stolen Generation Report

29.

An early Aboriginal protest was called?

a)

Day of Saddness

b)

Day of Mourning

c)

Day of Regret

d)

Invasion Day

30.

Define: Civil rights

a)

A German term meaning 'lightning war'

b)

A common term used to describe people who travel by sea to seek asylum

c)

The rights belonging to every individual including civil liberties, due legal process, equal protection under the law and freedom from discrimination

d)

A way of organising a society in which trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit

31.
What is the Stolen Generation?
a)
A generation of people who moved out of the country
b)
A generation that survived on stealing from Europeans
c)
A generation of Indigenous Australians that were taken and raised by white people
d)
A generation of babies that disappeared mysteriously, likely stolen and raised by kangaroos and dingos
32.

In what year were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people given the right to vote in federal elections?

a)

1962

b)

1950

c)

1990

d)

1938

33.

What was the purpose of the 1965 Freedom Ride?

a)

To bring attention to the poor state of Aboriginal health, education and housing

b)

To bring media attention to the issues Aboriginal people in NSW faced

c)

To encourage and support Aboriginal people to resist discrimination

d)

All of the above

34.

Where did the 2000 Sorry March happen?

a)

Brisbane

b)

Melbourne

c)

Sydney

d)

Perth

35.

At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the band Midnight Oil performed wearing what word on their outfits?

a)

Happy

b)

Apology

c)

Sorry

d)

Yes

36.

On 26th January 1938 Aboriginal leaders held a protest to coincide with what event? Select the correct answer below

a)

Armistice Day

b)

NAIDOC week

c)

Australia Day

d)

100 years since European settlement

37.

Were Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people segregated in Australia?

a)

Yes

b)

No

38.

Did Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people use US Civil Rights tactics to achieve change in Australia?

a)

Yes

b)

No

39.

In 1967 Australia held a referendum (vote) that gave what to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people? Select two answers

a)

The right to vote in federal election

b)

The right to be counted in the census along with other Australians

c)

To allow the federal government to make laws for Indigenous peoples

d)

To stop the forced remove of children from their families and communities

e)

To stand for political office in the Australian parliament