WorksheetsThe Makasar
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 16mins
Significant means the same as...
clever
important
silly
not important
A person or event is deemed significant if it...
Brought lasting change
Kept things the same
Brought a major change
Brought a minor change
A person or event is deemed significant if it...
isn't important today
is still important today
had a positive or negative effect on people
had no effect on people
Which event below would be thought of as significant?
Making a sandwich
Year 4's using Ipads in class for the first time ever
Picking your nose and eating it
Playing handball at lunch
Why is the event 'Year 4's using Ipads in class for the first time ever' a significant event?
It's a major change to how we do our school work.
It's fun.
It brought a lasting change to how we do our school work.
It was expensive.
The Mekassar traders were mostly...
fishermen
warriors
cooks
farmers
Arnhem Land is located in...
Queensland
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Indonesia
What wind did the Mekasar sail on?
North East
South East
South West
North West
The Mekassar sailed from the island of...
Indonesia
Sulawesi
Bali
Arnhem Land
What was the main reason for the Mekasar's journey's?
War
Exploration
Settlments
Trade
What was the main item the Mekasar wanted?
Pearls
Trepang
Turtle shells
Wood
What did the Mekassar do with the harvested Trepang?
Made harpoons
Ate them
Traded them with the Yolngu peoples
Traded them in China
What items did the Mekasar bring for trade?
Cloth
Blankets
Rice
Metal
What skills did the Mekasar peoples teach?
Making sails
Making shelters
Hunting
Making Harpoons
All things that the Mekassar brought for trade were 'good'?
True
False
What was the name of the Indigenous Australians that traded with the Mekasar?
Yolngu
Yugembeh
Gummari
Kabi Kabi
The Mekasar originated from?
China
Australia
Arnhem Land
Indonesia
The Mekasar traded with the Yolngu for more than...
10 years
100 years
200 years
30 years
The Mekasar arrived in which month?
January
March
June
December
What was a praus?
a harpoon
a boat
a dance
a sea slug
What month did the Mekasar leave?
April
December
January
March
A monsoon is a type of?
Storm
Fish
Sea Slug
People
What word did the Yolngu learn from the Mekasar?
rrupia
trepand
harpoon
frequent
Some Yolngu sailed back with the Mekassar to Indonesia?
True
False
When was the last recorded journey to Australia by the Mekasar?
1988
1978
1907
1901
Australia officially become a nation in...
1988
1978
1801
1901
The arrival of the Macassar traders was significant because it brought many changes, including...
more traded items
new language
new transportation
more trepang
What does the Makasar word 'rrupia' mean?
Money
Sea cucumber
Harpoon
Ceremony
