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Year 10 Exam Revision

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did The Stolen Generation occur?

a)

1900-1970's

b)

1910-1970's

c)

1800-1900's

d)

1810-1950's

2.

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

3.

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

4.

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..

5.

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)

6.

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

7.

What was the main impact of the Stolen Generations on Indigenous communities?

a)

Improved living conditions

b)

Loss of cultural identity and heritage

c)

A great education

d)

Better healthcare access

8.

Which government policy led to the removal of Indigenous children from their families?

a)

The White Australia Policy

b)

Assimilation Policy

c)

Protection Policy

d)

Reconciliation Policy

9.

Assimilation

a)

occurs when a minority group gives up its culture and adopts the majority group’s culture.

b)

occurs when a majority group gives up its culture and adopts the majority group’s culture.

c)

occurs when a middle group gives up its culture and adopts the majority group’s culture.

d)

occurs when a large group of people gives up its sports and schools the majority group’s culture.

10.

The Stolen Generations are part of which government policy in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?

a)

Integration

b)

Self Determination

c)

Assimilation

d)

Reconcilliation

11.

Define Segregation

a)

The act of removing individuals from a group to join another

b)

to set apart or isolate from the main group according to race, religion, etc.

c)

The act of removing the outcasts of one culture to teach them the ways of the dominant race.

d)

Being excluded

12.
What is the term for giving up your own minority culture and adopting the culture of the majority?
a)
Acculturation
b)
Assimilation
c)
Primogeniture
d)
Heredity
13.

Why did the government take mixed race Aboriginal children from their families?

a)

Government thought these children could be absorbed into the wider white population.

b)

Government thought these children could be better used as servants.

c)

Government thought their parents could not look after them

d)

Government thought these children could be absorbed into the wider black population.

14.

What happened to Aboriginal people on reserves and missions?

a)

They were taught to reject their European ways of life

b)

They were injected with smallpox

c)

They were taught to reject their Aboriginality and had to convert to Christianity

d)

They were taught to speak English and how to fight

15.

What was the Stolen Generation?

a)

The process where Aboriginal children were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies.

b)

The process where Aboriginal children were removed from white families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies.

c)

The process where Aboriginal children were removed from their families by other Aboriginal families

d)

The process where Aboriginal adults were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies.

16.

What did governments want to achieve through policies of protection?

a)

To help Indigenous people achieve recognition of their land rights

b)

To help Indigenous people gain citizenship

c)

To control all aspects of Indigenous people’s lives

d)

To encourage all states to give Indigenous people the vote