HASS Orang Asli and Aboriginal people

Question 1

Who has the greater population?

Answer 1

Australian Aboriginals

Question 2

What are the Aboriginal people’s cultural beliefs?

Answer 2

Language, art, music, dance, ceremonies, dreamtime stories.

Question 3

What does the word sustainable mean?

Answer 3

Ensuring there will be enough resources for the future and only taking what they need.

Question 4

What are three challenges facing the Orang Asli?

Answer 4

Poverty, land taken for plantation and mining, loss of culture.

Question 5

What is the oldest continuous culture?

Answer 5

Aboriginal Australians.

Question 6

Why was the land so important to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders?

Answer 6

Food and medicine.

Question 7

Where do the Orang Asli come from?

Answer 7

The Peninsula of Malaysia

Question 8

How do we acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Culture?

Answer 8

1. Making an acknowledgement to country
2. UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
3. NAIDOC Week and other recognised days

Question 9

What are three challenges facing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders?

Answer 9

Loss of rights, loss of land, and loss of culture.

Question 10

How did the Orang Asli live sustainably?

Answer 10

They only take what they need (they only kill animals when necessary)

Question 11

What are some differences between the Aboriginal and Orang Asli?

Answer 11

1. The Aboriginals have more rights than the Orang Asli
2. The Aboriginals are more noticed or more known than the Orang Asli because they’ve been around for longer
3. Languages - The Aboriginals have 250 historical languages (150 still used) while the Orang Asli only have 18 languages.

Question 12

What are some similarities about the Aboriginal and Orang Asli people?

Answer 12

1. Spiritual connection to the land
2. Rich spoken traditions
3. increasing in population size every year

Question 13

What is the population of the Aboriginals?

Answer 13

Over 800,000 (about 3.2% of the Australian population).

Question 14

What is the population of the Orang Asli?

Answer 14

About 150,000 (less than 1% of the Malaysian population)

Question 15

Where do Aboriginals mostly live?

Answer 15

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, mostly in urban areas.

Question 16

Where do Orang Asli mostly live?

Answer 16

In Peninsula Malaysia, mostly in rural areas.

Question 17

Are Aboriginals and Orang Asli increasing or decreasing in population size?

Answer 17

Both are increasing every year.

Question 18

How do the Aboriginals use (interact) the land?

Answer 18

They have a connection to the land by using it for food, medicine, cultural dances, and rock art.

Question 19

How do the Orang Asli use (interact)
the land?

Answer 19

They have a connection to the land by practising hunting, gathering, and small scale farming.

Question 20

What are the Orang Asli cultural beliefs?

Answer 20

The Orang Asli culture is shown through traditional music, dance, and crafts.

Question 21

What languages do the Aboriginals historically speak?

Answer 21

Historically over 250 languages with around 150 still in use.

Question 22

What languages do the Orang Asli speak?

Answer 22

The Orang Asli speak around 18 distinct languages from the Austroasiatic (Australia and Asia) and Austronesian (Australia and Indonesia) families.

Question 23

What are the Aboriginal religious beliefs?

Answer 23

There beliefs are based on the Dreaming and the Creation Stories and connection to the land.

Question 24

What are the Orang Asli religious beliefs?

Answer 24

Traditionally animists (worship animals) with some converting to Islam and Christianity.

Question 25

Where are the Aboriginals from?

Answer 25

They are the first people of Australia.