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Australian Civil Right Movements - Unit Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"The discrimination of a group based on their shared physical characteristics and/or culture" describes which terms?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Misconceptions

c)

Racism

d)

Reconciliation

2.

TRUE OR FALSE

Due to the British expansion, the dominant culture is Australia is Anglo-Celtic

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Name the AFL player that the documentary 'The Australian Dream' focuses on

(a)  

4.

TRUE OR FALSE

Representations can only be visual materials

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Something that supports public awareness should lead to __________ views, whereas something that __________ public awareness should lead to negative views.

(a)  

6.

TRUE OR FLASE

Historical government policies support public awareness

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which of the following is not a misconception about Aboriginal Australians and their cultures?

a)

The past perception that land belonged to no one prior to European arrival

b)

The perception that culture is shared

c)

The perception that Aboriginal Australians live in rural areas

d)

The perception that Aboriginal Australians live in urban areas

8.

According to the 2016 Australian Census (ABS) 81% lived in cities and nonremote areas, and in 2021 this

number increased to 84.7%.

Which misconception does this fact proves is false?

a)

1 - The past perception that land belonged to no one prior to European arrival

b)

2 - The perception that Aboriginal Australians share one culture

c)

3 - The perception that Aboriginal Australians live in arid/rural areas

9.

"When a minority group is forced to adopt the language and customs of the dominant culture" describes which term?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Missions

c)

Segregation

d)

Reconciliation

10.

TRUE OR FALSE

The removal of children from their families during historical government policies

(including under assimilation policies) is now known as the Stolen Generations

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Assimilation policies continued from the late 1940s to the late (a)   s

12.

TRUE OR FALSE

Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were negatively affected by assimilation polices

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Which event was the first national gathering of Aboriginal Australians protesting against their mistreatment?

a)

The Australian Freedom Rides

b)

The Day of Mourning

c)

The Tent Embassy

d)

The Wave Hill Walk Off

14.

On (a)   1938 (the 150th anniversary), a group of Aboriginal Australians decided to respond to the day’s celebrations by holding an Aboriginal Day of Mourning to protest the violence, dispossession and discrimination that Aboriginal people had experienced since 1788

15.

Who led the Australian Freedom Rides?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Charles Perkins

c)

Vincent Lingiari

d)

Kevin Rudd

16.

Who led the Wave Hill Walk Off?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Charles Perkins

c)

Vincent Lingiari

d)

Kevin Rudd

17.

Which of the following is not an example of the discrimination that the Freedom Riders witnessed?

a)

In Walgett Aboriginal Australians were banned from entering the town’s Returned and Services League (RSL) Club any time other than ANZAC Day

b)

In Moree Aboriginal Australians were banned from swimming in the council swimming pool.

c)

In Yirrkala (in the Northern Territory) the Yolngu people had to start a petition for the right to their land

d)

In Bowraville the cinema was partitioned so that Aboriginal Australians were separated from other

patrons

18.

TRUE OR FALSE

Gough Whitlam ‘handing back’ the Gurindji people’s traditional lands would support public awareness

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Identify this event

a)

The Australian Freedom Rides

b)

The Tent Embassy

c)

The Wave Hill Walk Off

d)

The Day of Mourning

20.

TRUE OR FALSE

The Aboriginal Tent Embassy is no longer operational

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Which past Prime Minister delivered the Red Fern Speech?

a)

Paul Keating

b)

John Howard

c)

Kevin Rudd

d)

Scott Morrison

22.

TURE OR FALSE

A formal apology to the Stolen Generations was NOT one of the recommendations made in, as a result of the Bringing them Home Report (1997)

a)

True

b)

False

23.

"A process whereby people in conflict agree to make amends or come to an agreement" describes which term?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Embassy

c)

Misconceptions

d)

Reconciliation

24.

There are two types of reconciliation - practical and (a)   .

25.

The 'Closing the Gap' initiative is an example of __________ reconciliation, whereas Kevin Rudd's 'Apology Speech' is an example of __________ reconciliation.

(a)  

26.

When did the 'Era of Reconciliation' being?

a)

1800s

b)

1940s

c)

1960s

d)

1990s

27.

TRUE OR FALSE

Although the government has pledged to fund this initiative, recent data shows that little progress has been made in ‘closing the gap’ between Aboriginal and non- Aboriginal disadvantage

a)

True

b)

False

28.

TRUE OR FALSE

Kevin Rudd's Apology Speech was to the Stolen Generation whose lives had been affected by historical

government policies, centered on the forced assimilation and removal of children

a)

True

b)

False

29.

A group of people representing their country in a foreign land, or a building where these people are located, is known as an (a)   .

30.

"The process of separating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from

European settlers. Historical government policies were based on this idea" describes which term?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Misconceptions

c)

Reconciliation

d)

Segregation