Aborigines Case Study

Question 1

What is the Aboriginal life expectancy?

Answer 1

52

Question 2

What is the life expectancy of white Australians?

Answer 2

78

Question 3

What social problems do Aborigines present?

Answer 3

They are Australia’s worst drug and alcohol abusers and also have high levels of homelessness

Question 4

How would you describe their culinary lifestyle?

Answer 4

Hunter-gatherer

Question 5

What is a traditional aboriginal weapon?

Answer 5

Boomerang

Question 6

What kind of citrus fruit do they eat?

Answer 6

Desert limes

Question 7

What kind of tomatoes do they eat?

Answer 7

Bush tomatoes

Question 8

How are their stories told?

Answer 8

Passed down through generations by speech

Question 9

How are whole generations being lost?

Answer 9

Through migration

Question 10

What is their sacred location?

Answer 10

Uluru

Question 11

How long has Uluru been their sacred location?

Answer 11

43 000 years

Question 12

Name two national parks

Answer 12

1) Uluru

2) Kata Tjuta

Question 13

What has happened to Aborigine settlements?

Answer 13

Swamped by visitors

Question 14

What has happened to paintings on Uluru?

Answer 14

They have been damaged

Question 15

What has happened to endemic flora and fauna in Australia?

Answer 15

It has been extensively damaged

Question 16

What has happened to Aborigine culture?

Answer 16

It has been diluted

Question 17

Where have many of the Aborigine youth gone?

Answer 17

To the cities

Question 18

Who are the Aborigines?

Answer 18

Ethnic Australians