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Music of Australia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When were the first volumes of Australian Folk Music published?

a)

1890s

b)

1500s

c)

2000s

d)

1950s

2.

Who were sent to live in Australia during the British Colonial period?

a)

Convicts

b)

Miners

c)

Merchants

d)

Artists

3.

Choose the classic Bush Song.

a)

Click go the Shears

b)

La Bamba

c)

Mambo no.5

d)

Creep

4.

Which song is considered Australia's unofficial National Anthem?

a)

Waltzing Matilda

b)

My Heart Will Go On

c)

God Save the Queen

d)

The Star Spangled Banner

5.

Pick the Australian Folk musician

a)

Paul Kelly

b)

Beyonce

c)

Jim Jones

d)

Dan Ambrose

6.

What was the song "I Was Only Nineteen" about?

a)

The Vietnam War

b)

Covid 19

c)

The Civil War

d)

College

7.

Which band blends Folk and Indigenous music?

a)

Yothu Yindi

b)

AC DC

c)

Tub Thumpers

d)

The Woobles

8.

This instrument is a wooden slat tied to a string

a)

Bullroarer

b)

Didgeridoo

c)

Clapsticks

d)

Gum Leaf

9.

Different thicknesses of Gum Leaf produce different what?

a)

Sound and Volumes

b)

Trees

c)

Temperatures

d)

Chords

10.

Some of the oldest instruments found in Australia date back how many years?

a)

15,000yrs

b)

500 yrs

c)

1 Million yrs

d)

100 yrs

11.

What is Australia's most famous instrument?

a)

Didgeridoo

b)

Violin

c)

Banjo

d)

Sitar

12.

Clapsticks are not meant to be used as what?

a)

Drum Sticks

b)

Decoration

c)

Instruments

d)

Rhythm Keepers

13.

A didgeridoo is made of what?

a)

Oak

b)

Cedar

c)

Maple

d)

Eucalyptus

14.

Who colonized Australia?

a)

The British

b)

Africans

c)

The Germans

d)

Canadians

15.

What instrument is spun in a circle?

a)

Bullroarer

b)

Didgeridoo

c)

Clapsticks

d)

Gum Leaf

16.

A didgeridoo player can use this technique to sustain a sound.

a)

Circular Breathing

b)

The Moeller Method

c)

Double Tonguing

d)

Speak Singing

17.

Which instrument is two sticks that are highly decorated?

a)

Clapsticks

b)

Drum Sticks

c)

Slapsticks

d)

Chop Sticks

18.

A Gum Leaf is an example of what type of instrument?

a)

Aerophone

b)

Chordophone

c)

Idiophone

d)

Membranophone

19.

A didgeridoo is an example of what type of instrument?

a)

Aerophone

b)

Idiophone

c)

Membranophone

d)

Chordophone

20.

Clapsticks are an example of what type of instrument?

a)

Idiophone

b)

Aerophone

c)

Chordophone

d)

Membranophone