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The Aboriginals and the Stolen Generation

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is The Stolen Generation?

a)

All aboriginal people were taken away from their land

b)

Indigenous children were taken away from their families

c)

British people took the aboriginal peoples land

d)

The indigenous Australians invaded the US

2.

When did The Stolen Generation occur?

a)

1900-1970's

b)

1910-1970's

c)

1800-1900's

d)

1810-1950's

3.

Who removed the children from their families during The Stolen Generation?

a)

governments

b)

the british people

c)

leaders

d)

churches

4.

When did Kevin Rudd give his apology speech to the Stolen Generation?

a)

13th of January 2008

b)

14th of May 2009

c)

13th of February 2008

d)

16th of April 2006

5.

After the Stolen Generation, what affected the victims?

a)

Trauma

b)

Depression

c)

Happiness

d)

Low self-esteem

6.

What do Aboriginal people value?

a)

Culture

b)

family

c)

the sun

d)

water

7.

What is the policy of assimilation?

a)

Joining the Aboriginal and the non Aboriginal Australians

b)

Removing people from their families

c)

Children with Aboriginal and white parentage, who were termed "half-caste", should be taken into white society.

d)

Understanding the culture of the Aboriginal

8.

What were the stolen children taught?

a)

Whites taught them about the aboriginal culture

b)

To reject their Indigenous heritage

c)

The way of life

d)

English, maths, humanities, science etc..

9.

A word for an Aboriginal with a white and black parent.

(a)  

10.

What did Kevin Rudd acknowledge in his apology speech?

a)

he apologized for the british colonies taking the indigenous australians land

b)

he just said 'sorry'

c)

the trauma and grief suffered by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as a result of past government policies, particularly the removal of children from their families.

11.

What was the motivation from the government to remove Aboriginal children from their families?

a)

the government hated aboriginal people

b)

White superiority

c)

For the aboriginal children to forget their aboriginal culture

d)

they just wanted to remove the children (no motivation)

12.

What was the name of the Aboriginal settlement in the movie The Rabbit Proof Fence?

a)

Jigalong

b)

Moore River

c)

Hometown

13.

What three things did the Aboriginal people need to ask Mr. Neville's permission to do?

a)

get bread, books and travel

b)

visit their children, get shooes and if they could marry.

c)

to move their settlement, hunt for food and have a camp fire

14.

What were some of the rules the children had to follow at Moore River settlement?

a)

eat in silence and eat all the food they got

b)

make their bed every day

c)

speak only English

d)

play with the other kids

15.

Europeans looked at the Aboriginals as primitive and inferior to the white race. What does the word inferior mean?

a)

that someone is lower in rank, status or quality

b)

that someone is happy to se you

c)

that someone is higher in rank

d)

that someone is a negative person

16.

Another word for native

(a)  

17.

Another word for a lifestyle of moving from place to place according to the seasons or resources availabe.

(a)  

18.

The Aboriginal Children had a name, but what did the states in Australia give them instead?

a)

An English name

b)

a number

19.

What are the three girls in The Rabbit Proof Fence called?

a)

Daisy, Mavis and Moodo

b)

Molly, Daisy and Riggs

c)

Molly, Daisy and Gracie

d)

Gracie, Daiys and Riggs