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Australia: Historical Understandings
Test Description: History of Australia
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Australia’s original human inhabitants are known as the __________.
A
Cherokee
B
Inuit
C
Aborigines
D
Mayan
2) The Aborigines are credited with the invention of the earliest _____, ground axes, and grindstones, as well as a primitive form of rock art.
A
books
B
computer
C
boomerang
D
telescope
3) In 1770, ______of England claimed the continent of Australia for the British Crown.
A
General James Edward Oglethorpe
B
Captain Crunch
C
Captain James Cook
D
Captain Horatio Hornblower
4) The first British colony in Australia was established near present-day _________.
A
Manangatang in Victoria
B
Alice Springs in the Northern Territory
C
Canberra, New South Wales
D
Sydney, New South Wales
5) Superior weaponry and the unintentional transmission of ________to the continent caused the Aborigines to be defeated by the Europeans.
A
diseases like smallpox
B
new fruits and vegetables
C
horses
D
bullets
6) After the loss of its American colonies in the American Revolution, Britain began shipping its ____ to Australia
A
natives from Latin America
B
prisoners
C
artisans
D
Tassies
7) Although Aborigines are protected under Australia’s constitution, they were not granted these rights until 1965.
A
the right to speak their native language
B
freedom of the press
C
freedom of assembly
D
voting rights
8) In terms of education, Aboriginal school attendance and and this rate remains very poor.
A
GNP
B
literacy rate
C
human capital
D
NAFTA
9) The Aborigines were people that traveled from place to place in search of food and water which means that they were a ______ tribe._
A
Outback
B
English
C
visiting
D
nomadic
10) This disease was transmitted via European migration, which decimated the native populations of Australia and the Americas
A
eczema
B
migraines
C
acne
D
smallpox
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