Which is not a reason modern society knows very little about the details of Aboriginal culture?

It was misinterpreted by modern society

Which of the following is not a reason Australia stopped being a penal colony?

Guards were especially sadistic and cruel to the convicts

Which groups approved of the assimilation policy creation?

Initial Conference Commonwealth/State Aboriginal Authorities

Why did assimilation fail?

It expected Aborigines to take responsibility & change

What does the Aboriginal Land Rights Act of 1976 give Aborigines?

Aboriginal peoples could claim land based on occupation

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1
Which is not a reason modern society knows very little about the details of Aboriginal culture?
It was misinterpreted by modern society
It is a secret, only those that practice it should know it
Some of it was not handed down
There is no written language
2
Which of the following is not a reason Australia stopped being a penal colony?
Penal colonies were seen useless after UK changed punishment
Emigration free people to Australia grew, like from Ireland
Settlers/free convicts saw themselves as Australians
Guards were especially sadistic and cruel to the convicts
3
How did the new Australian government try to create a single white Australian culture?
Assimilation
Land grants and reservations
Massacring the unwanted indigenous people
Pushing the Aborigines into fringe communities
4
Historians argue abt whn th Aborigines migrated Australia & are divided b/t which sets of year?
30,000-35,000 or 65,000-80,000
35,000-45,000 or 65,000-80,000
30,000-45,000 or 65,000-80,000
20,000-30,000 or 65,000-80,000
5
Which of the following does not describe the Aborigines?
A political party in Australia
The indigenous population of Australia
The minority population of Australia
Struggles economically in the present day
6
Why were Aborigines pushed aside in the 18th and 19th century?
Sheepherders
Ruthless capitalist ventures
The discovery of gold
More prisoners coming in
7
Which groups approved of the assimilation policy creation?
House of Commons & Initial Conference of the Commonwealth
State of Aboriginal Authorities & House of the Lords
Initial Conference Commonwealth/State Aboriginal Authorities
Prime Minister of Australia & State Aboriginal Authorities
8
Where does Captain James Cook land in Australia?
Sydney
Present Day Queensland
Botany Bay
The Outback
9
Why did assimilation fail?
It traumatized families due to its segregationist nature
It expected Aborigines to take responsibility & change
There is a lost generation of children because of the policy
Failed to give Aborigines full citizenship
10
What tells Aborigines about their connection to their land?
The Dreamtime
Oral Histories
All of the above
The Ngangkari
11
What does the Aboriginal Land Rights Act of 1976 give Aborigines?
Aboriginal peoples could claim land based on occupation
Herd cattle in the Outback
The rights to prospect in the mineral mines
Laws that already existed between Australians/Aboriginals
12
Which is not a way that informs the younger generation about the group’s history?
Story telling
Songs accompanied by the didgeridoo
Illustrations in the sand
Cave art all over Australia
13
Where else, besides Australia, can one find Aborigines?
New Zealand and Tasmania
New Guinea and Tasmania
New Guinea and Burma
New Guinea and New Zealand
14
Which of the following is not true about each individual Aboriginal tribe?
They have their own dialect of language
They have their own culture and set of values
They have their own religion
They are regionally anchored
15
Where are prisoners sent if they try to escape Australia in its early penal colony days?
Botany Bay Island
Norfolk Island
New Zealand
Tazmania
16
About ________________ of the population today, in Australia, is Aboriginal.
2%
22%
12%
52%

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