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This is a short quiz to challenge you on your knowledge about the history of Australia.
- 1.The name Australia was formally adopted in which year?
- A.
1956 AD
- B.
1817 AD
- C.
200 BC
- D.
1824 AD
- 2.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.When was the White Australia Policy formally abolished?
- A.
1972, by Gough Whitlam
- B.
2007, by Kevin Rudd
- C.
1901, by Queen Elizabeth
- D.
Yesterday, by a deranged pelican
- 4.The name ‘Australia’ comes from what language?
- A.
Latin
- B.
English
- C.
Indonesian
- D.
Multiple Aboriginal dialects
- 5.It is believed that Indigenous Australians arrived more than 4200 years ago from where?
- A.
England
- B.
Africa
- C.
America
- D.
South East Asia
- 6.The first European to see Australia was:
- A.
Dutch Navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606
- B.
British Captain James Cook in 1770
- C.
German Dictator Adolf Hitler in 1931
- D.
Roman Emperor Julius Ceasar in 200 BC
- 7.The first European to claim Australia was:
- A.
Roman Emperor Julius Ceasar in 200 BC
- B.
German Dictator Adolf Hitler in 1931
- C.
Dutch Navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606
- D.
British Captain James Cook in 1770
- 8.
- A.
Infectious European diseases their bodies weren’t used to, forced resettlement and cultural disintegration.
- B.
War with white settlers
- C.
War with each other
- D.
The White Australia Policy
- 9.What does Terra Nullius mean?
- A.
Scared of nothing
- B.
Scary Nutbag
- C.
Empty, or no person’s land
- D.
Australia
- 10.
- A.
A big party
- B.
A beef stock flavoured soft drink that makes you very excited.
- C.
The first Australian Broadway Musical
- D.
A gold miners' revolt in 1854 near Ballarat, Victoria
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