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Rights and Freedoms (lifeskills)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happened to Aboriginal people on reserves and missions?

a)

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

b)

They were injected with smallpox

c)

They were injected with smallpox

2.

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

a)

Government thought their parents could not look after them

b)

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

3.

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 citizens for social and cultural rights

4.

When was the Day of Mourning Protest?

a)

26 January, 1967

b)

26 January, 1938

5.

What was the Stolen Generation?

a)

The process where Aboriginal children were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies.

b)

The process where Aboriginal children were removed from their families by other Aboriginal families

6.

The term terra nullius means

a)

land disputed by neighbouring countries

b)

land belonging to no one

c)

land owned and managed by traditional inhabitants

7.

Who was the leader responsible for developing the Australian Freedom Ride campaign?

a)

Cathy Freeman

b)

Charles Perkins

8.

In which NSW town were the Freedom Riders subjected to mob violence after trying to gain entry to the local swimming baths for Aboriginal children?

a)

Kempsey

b)

Moree

c)

Brisbane

d)

Coffs Harbour

9.

The riots and protests that have recently occurred in America have been based on

(a)  

10.

Eddie Mabo was from the island of (a)