YEAR SEVEN HISTORY: SKILLS AND BACKGROUND

Question 1

CAUSE: Japanese aircraft bomb Pearl Harbour

Accepted Answer

EFFECT: America enters WW2

Question 2

Australian Rules Football is the world's oldest Football code

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

What do many Aboriginal people call this constellation, part of the Milky Way?

Accepted Answer

The Dark Emu

Question 4

The planet Mars is named after which Roman god?

Accepted Answer

Mars; God of War

Question 5

What do the letters BCE stand for?

Accepted Answer

Before the Common Era

Question 6

Which came first: The motorbike or the motorcar?

Accepted Answer

The motorbike

Question 7

BEHOLD THE TIMELINE! Which ancient civilization came first?

Accepted Answer

Ancient India

Question 8

Someone who studies history is called a...

Accepted Answer

Historian

Question 9

BEHOLD THE TIMELINE! When did humans first arrive in Australia?

Accepted Answer

66,000 BCE

Question 10

NAME THAT HISTORIC BUILDING!

Accepted Answer

Leongatha High School

Question 11

What are the two sorts of history sources?

Accepted Answer

Primary and Secondary

Question 12

Which of these was invented in Australia?

Accepted Answer

WiFi, Utes, Blackbox flight recorders

Question 13

EFFECT: Myxomatosis virus introduced to Australia

Accepted Answer

CAUSE: Rabbits introduced to Australia by hunters who cannot shoot straight

Question 14

Which of these events occured first?

Accepted Answer

Foundation of the Qin Dynasty - 221BCE

Question 15

When did the First Fleet arrive in Australia?

Accepted Answer

1788

Question 16

Between the BCE and CE dating systems, there is a Year Zero

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

A tool for organising events into the order they happened

Accepted Answer

Timeline

Question 18

EFFECT: Pompeii is buried beneath ash

Accepted Answer

CAUSE: Mt. Vesuvius errupts

Question 19

NAME THAT HISTORICAL BUILDING!

Accepted Answer

The Budj Bim Eel Traps

Question 20

NAME THAT HISTORIC BUILDING!

Accepted Answer

The Great Pyramid of Giza

Question 21

NAME THAT HISTORIC BUILDING!

Accepted Answer

The Flavian Amphitheatre, The Colloseum

Question 22

BEHOLD THE TIMELINE! Did Rome become a republic before or after Julius Ceaser was assassinated?

Accepted Answer

Before

Question 23

Which of the following is a key history skill?

Accepted Answer

Cause and Effect

Question 24

CAUSE: Captain Cook rather likes Sydney Harbour

Accepted Answer

EFFECT: The First Fleet is sent to colonise Australia

Question 25

What are the two types of causes?

Accepted Answer

Short term and Long term

Question 26

What century are we currently living in?

Accepted Answer

21st Century CE

Question 27

For an event to be historically significant it must be:

Accepted Answer

Something which changed the world, Something which effected many people

Question 28

Why did the British colonise Australia?

Accepted Answer

To create a prison

Question 29

What do we study in History?

Accepted Answer

Things which have already happened

Question 30

The first Australian cricket team to tour England was made up of white settlers

Accepted Answer

False

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