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Aboriginal Australia - 7A

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Aboriginal People are from...
a)
Mexico
b)
Australia
c)
South America
d)
North America
2.
An instrument that they created is called....
a)
Trumpet
b)
Saxophone
c)
Didgeridoo
d)
Flute
3.
A trait that aboriginal art has is....
a)
There are no traits
b)
Lots of faces
c)
Very little color
d)
Lots of dots!
4.
Australia can be defined by which of the following?
a)
country
b)
continent
c)
island
d)
all of these 
5.
In which two hemispheres is Australia located?
a)
northern and western
b)
southern and eastern
c)
southern and western
d)
northern and eastern 
6.
_____________ is the name for the islands groups west of Australia.
a)
Polynesian
b)
Oceania
c)
Indonesia
d)
Pacific Island Group
7.
__________________ are the Native people of Australia who have lived there for about 50,000 years. 
a)
Cherokee
b)
Shawnee
c)
Aboriginal
d)
Maori
8.
Name Australia's capital city? 
a)
Melbourne
b)
Sydney 
c)
Perth
d)
Canberra 
9.
In which way have Aboriginals adapted to their environment? 
a)
building resorts
b)
being nomadic
c)
never leaving air conditioned homes
d)
using cellphones
10.

Which statement is NOT true?

a)

Aboriginal art has an ancient past.

b)

Aboriginal art is 100% nonsense lines meant to make you dizzy.

c)

Aboriginal art often hides secret messages.

d)

Aboriginal art styles are specific to places and families.

11.

What is the relative location of New Zealand?

a)

south of the Tasman Sea

b)

northwest of Australia

c)

southeast of Australia

d)

north of the Philippines

12.

What does the word Aboriginal mean?

a)

Hunter

b)

from the beginning

c)

Gatherer

d)

Australian

13.

Which colours can you find in the Aboriginal flag?

a)

white, black, red

b)

blue, black, red

c)

yellow, blue, pink

d)

red, black, yellow

14.

How did the Aboriginals originally get food?

a)

hunting and gathering

b)

fishing

c)

shopping

d)

robbing

15.

The first people to arrive on Australia around 40,000 years ago are known as

a)

the Aborigines

b)

the Indigenous people

c)

Melanesians

d)

Micronesians

16.

Ancient Aborigines were

a)

nomadic hunter gatherers

b)

nomadic sailors

c)

sedentary farmers

d)

sedentary hunters

17.

The first Aborigines arrived from

a)

New Zealand

b)

southeast Asia

c)

Great Britain

d)

Holland

18.

Aboriginal People in Australia speaks...

a)

Only their own language

b)

French and English

c)

English and their own language

19.

Kinship means what?

a)

A kind of ship

b)

Related by blood

c)

Being an Aboriginal

d)

Your best friend

20.

Where is Lake Mungo?

a)

New South Wales

b)

South Australia

c)

Northern Territory

d)

Victoria

21.
What region is the lake in?
a)
Kowandra lakes
b)
Northern Beaches
c)
Northern River
d)
Willandra Lakes
22.
What important discoveries were made at Lake Mungo?
a)
A mummy
b)
A copper axe
c)
Footprints preserved in the soil
d)
Bones of humans
23.
How was the Mungo Man found?
a)
Buried on his back
b)
cremated
c)
buried tossed away
24.
How old was Mungo Man?
a)
16
b)
18
c)
50
d)
46
25.
Where is the Mungo Man now?
a)
In a museum
b)
Returned to country
c)
frozen to preserve
d)
Nobody knows
26.
An archaeologist is a person who studies history through the...
a)
Reading sources and making a judgement
b)
Discovering remains through methods like excavation
27.

Over 20,000 years ago Lake Mungo was

a)

Red rubble in the Outback

b)

A Lush Lagoon teeming with fish and waterbirds

c)

Part of the ocen

d)

A small waterhole

28.

Why were Aboriginals upset with the archaeologists and historians who discovered Mungo Man?

a)

They left a lot of mess after the dig

b)

They cut down trees whilst digging

c)

They removed Mungo Man without the knowledge of the traditional owners

d)

They didn't pay a digging fee