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WorksheetsAustralian History
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which of these are examples of secondary sources?
Electronic Journal Article
Cave paintings
Textbooks
Diary Entries
Describe the burial of Mungo Man, why do you think he was buried this way?
What pieces of evidence aside from Mungo Man and Mungo Woman have they found at Lake Mungo?
Shell middens
Stone tools
Fresh food
Money
What is an example of a stone tool?
How many tracks were found in the site of the "Footprints in the sand"?
500
42
13
25
In which continent did human migration begin?
Asia
Europe
Africa
Antarctica
When did the colonization process begin in Australia?
2002
2021
The late 1700s
1865
What is Australia's National colors?
red and blue
yellow and purple
green and gold
orange and pink
What is the national flower of Australia?
Banksia
Waratah
Golden Wattle
Blue Gum
How many languages are spoken in Australia?
100
over 200
over 300
1000
Why are the rock carvings at the Burrup Peninsula so special?
They are over 30 thousand years old and evidence of some of the oldest creations of human faces.
They are the most simplistic carvings in the world.
They are evidence of aliens visiting the earth thousands of years old.
They are extremely old and extremely large.
Megafauna (Giant Animals) didn't exist at Lake Mungo 40,000 years ago
True
False
When did Mungo Man die?
35 thousand years ago
50 thousand years ago
42 thousand years ago
40 thousand years ago
What does Terra Nullis mean?
Empty Land
Nobody's Land
Everybody's Land
Aborigional Land
What is this?
Death Arrow
Death Javelin
Death Boomerang
Death Spear
What were signal fires used for?
To signal boats
to signal rocks off shore
to warn of dangerous animals
To warn other indigenous people of danger
Guerrilla warfar is
fighting in the jungle
usually involves small
groups of fighters
burning stuff
a big tribe of people stealing everything they can
Pemulwuy was
a Colonist
a First Nations warrior
an activist for Aboriginal rights in Australia
a famous Aboriginal artist
