WorksheetsMigration and Origins of Austronesian Peoples
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The origins of the ancestors of the Indonesian people are generally associated with the people of…
Mongol
Austronesia
North Africa
South India
Persia
The most well-known theory about the origins of the Indonesian people is the… theory.
Yunnan
Melanesoid
Eastern Europe
Afro-Habshi
South America
The Yunnan theory states that the ancestors of the Indonesian people came from the region of…
Taiwan
South China (Yunnan)
Japan
Central Asia
Papua
The term migration means…
Agricultural process
Movement of people from one place to another
Cultural development
Climate change
Mastery of technology
The main migration route of the ancestors of the Indonesian people was the…
Overland route of Central Asia
Sea route of Southeast Asia
Himalayan mountain route
Europe–Asia route
Africa–Australia route
The Austronesian people are known as experts in…
Sculpture
Sea navigation
Metal trade
Animal domestication
Silk weaving
The strongest evidence to trace interlanguage relationships in the Nusantara is…
Lontar leaf writings
Similarities in phonology and vocabulary
Skin color of the population
Traditional clothing style
Settlement patterns
The Out of Taiwan theory states that the spread of Austronesians began from…
Papua
India
Taiwan
Africa
Australia
One scientific reason that prehistoric humans migrated to the Nusantara is…
Hard soil
Extreme climate
Its environment is fertile and rich in resources
Small population
Many predators
Genetic evidence is used to determine…
Sea depth
Migration speed
Human kinship relationships
Types of metal tools
Fossil locations
Climate changes during the glacial (ice age) period caused…
The Asian mainland to sink
Human migration to increase
All animals to go extinct
The development of writing
Forests to disappear entirely
DNA research shows that the majority of Indonesia’s population has connections with…
Eastern Europe
Austronesia
West Africa
Human dispersal to the Nusantara in the past occurred…
Organized by kingdoms
Gradually in several migration waves
All at once in one large group
Brought by colonizers
After the invention of the compass
Regional languages in Indonesia such as Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese, and Bugis belong to the language family…
Afro-Asiatic
Indo-European
Austronesian
Melanesoid
Arabic
A major driver of ancestral migration into Indonesia was…
Clothing style
Hot weather
Threats of war and the need for new land
Desire to establish kingdoms
Habits of modern life
Proto-Malay is also known as…
Old Malay
New Malay
Middle Malay
Melanesoid
Austro-Hungarian
An ethnic group regarded as Proto-Malay descendants is…
Javanese
Sundanese
Dayak
Madurese
Betawi
A characteristic tool of the Proto-Malay is…
Iron axe
Square and oval stone axes
Steel sword
Gold ornaments
Firearms
Deutero-Malay is also known as…
Migratory Malay
Young Malay
Old Malay
Inland Malay
Valley Malay
An ethnic group considered a Deutero-Malay descendant is…
Toraja
Javanese
Sasak
Asmat
Mentawai
A technology brought by the Deutero-Malay was…
Outrigger boats
Bronze and iron metallurgy
Clay pottery
Hand axes
Stone spears
The main difference between Proto-Malay and Deutero-Malay lies in…
Skin color
Tool technology
Eye shape
Height
Type of food
Proto-Malay is estimated to have entered the Nusantara around…
500 BC
1000 BC
2000 BC
3000 BC
4000 BC
Deutero-Malay came to the Indonesian archipelago after Proto-Malay, around what time?
1000 BC
2000 BC
3000 BC
4000 BC
5000 BC
Proto-Malay people entered the Indonesian archipelago through which route?
West (Sumatra) and East (Sulawesi)
South (Java Island)
North (Kalimantan)
West (Papua)
Barusan Island
Deutero-Malay were generally more advanced because they brought what development?
Modern clothing style
Metal technology
Calendar system
Large sailing boat
Wooden axe
Evidence of Proto-Malay presence can be seen from which types of findings?
Iron axe
Square axe and oval axe
Cave paintings
Gold jewelry
Pottery
Dongson culture from Vietnam influenced which group?
Proto-Malay
Deutero-Malay
Melanesia
Africa
Polynesia
Differences among ethnic groups in Indonesia today are influenced by what factor?
Fashion style
Migration waves of Proto and Deutero Malay
International socialization
Social media influencers
Climate change
A cultural heritage of the Deutero-Malay that remains visible today is what?
Hand axe
Stone axe
Metal tools
Carved stone
Shell ornaments
Many ancient human fossils in Indonesia have been found in which area?
Java
Sumatra
Bali
Bangka
Lombok
The first discovery of Homo erectus in Indonesia was made by whom?
Von Koenigswald
Eugene Dubois
Yamin
Raffles
E. H. Kern
Which item is an artifact of early human migration?
Laptop
Hand axe
Gemstone
Gold coin
Metal statue
Which is archaeological evidence of Austronesian migration?
Submarine
Outrigger canoe
Two-wheeled car
Steel tools
Bamboo house
Linguistic evidence means evidence based on what?
Clothing
Language
Metal
Bone
Wood
The similarity of the words “mata,” “maata,” and “matah” in several regions indicates…
a new culture
linguistic relatedness
climate change
technological advancement
maritime trade
DNA research is used to determine…
food prices
genetic relationships among populations
types of metals
forest area
communication patterns
Pottery is found as evidence of cultural development in…
hunting
agriculture
modern trade
digital life
factory industry
Outrigger canoes show that Austronesian societies…
could not go to sea
were skilled in sailing and navigation
lived only inland
had no culture
depended on European shipping
Austronesian languages are widely distributed in the region of…
Central Asia
Africa
the Middle East
the Nusantara and the Pacific
Northern Europe
The diversity of ethnic groups in Indonesia is partly caused by…
soil characteristics
migration of diverse ancestors
modernization
internet development
tourism
The ancestors of Indonesians are thought to have settled on riverbanks because…
for vacations
the land was barren
water and food sources were easy to find
it was safer from weather
there were many luxurious buildings
Early Austronesian peoples initially lived by…
hunting and gathering
office work
modern fishing
car crafting
mining
Early Indonesian society’s culture was greatly influenced by…
digital technological development
the results of ancestral migration
foreign “trends”
tourist presence
online commerce
Outrigger canoes made it easier for ancestors to…
explore and move between islands
build tall structures
process stone
dig mines
discover petroleum
The large number of regional languages in Indonesia indicates…
Indonesia is difficult to unite
cultural richness and a long migration process
weaknesses in the education system
historical mistakes
lack of communication
Differences in culture between regions in Indonesia are influenced by…
modern weather
diverse migration waves
social media
island size
foreign policy
The discovery of the oval axe indicates an early migration from…
Taiwan
South China
Eastern region (Papua–Melanesia)
Europe
South America
Modern Indonesian is the result of development from…
Sanskrit
English
Austronesian Malay
Dutch
Thai
The general conclusion from research on the origins of the ancestors of the Indonesian people is…
Originated from only one race
Originated from various waves of Austronesian migration and others
Did not come from outside
Appeared directly in the archipelago
Originated from Europe
