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The First Fleet

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who arrived on the First Fleet?
a)

Aboriginal People

b)

British people, convicts, seamen and crew (helpers on the ships)

c)
Captain Cook
d)
Dinosaurs
2.

How many ships made up the First Fleet?

a)

3

b)

25

c)

11

d)

108

3.
When did the First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay,  Australia?
a)
19 January 1788
b)
24 January 1788
4.
Who was in charge of the First Fleet?
a)
Captain Cook
b)
Captain Arthur Phillip
c)

Captain Watson

d)
Captain
5.
What is a convict?
a)
An innocent person
b)

A person who works

c)
A prisoner who has commited a crime
d)

A person who does not work

6.
Why were convicts sent to Australia?
a)
America refused to take convicts
b)
Prisons overcrowded
c)

The British government said that Australia was 'Terra Nullius'

d)
All of the above
7.

What was the main crime committed by children on board the first fleet?

a)

Not listening to their parents

b)

Running away

c)

Stealing

d)

Not being at school

8.
About how many people arrived on the 11 ships of the First Fleet?
a)
1800
b)
1100
c)
1400
d)
1000
9.
Of the 11 ships of the First Fleet, how many were carrying convicts?
a)
4
b)
10
c)
6
d)
8
10.

What is the reason for the jails being too full in England during the 1700s?

a)

Too many people

b)

Too many animals

c)

There was a lot of crime

d)

Jail was fun

11.

What was one of the reasons that caused the crime?

a)

new machines meant people did not have jobs

b)

people were really bored

c)

people just wanted to do it for fun

d)

there was no reason

12.

What does Terra Nullius mean?

a)

someone lives here

b)

everyone is welcome here

c)

land belonging to me

d)

land belonging to no one

13.

When The First Fleet arrived, was Terra Nullius true?

a)

No, because there were Aboriginal people living in Australia

b)

Yes, because no one was living there

14.

What is colonisation?

a)

one country settling and taking control over another country

b)

asking nicely to live in another country

c)

migrating to another country

d)

being born and living in one country

15.

Write the name of each city that the First Fleet stopped at on it's journey