HASS Orang Asli and Aboriginal people Flashcards
Who has the greater population?
Australian Aboriginals
What are the Aboriginal people’s cultural beliefs?
Language, art, music, dance, ceremonies, dreamtime stories.
What does the word sustainable mean?
Ensuring there will be enough resources for the future and only taking what they need.
What are three challenges facing the Orang Asli?
Poverty, land taken for plantation and mining, loss of culture.
What is the oldest continuous culture?
Aboriginal Australians.
Why was the land so important to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders?
Food and medicine.
Where do the Orang Asli come from?
The Peninsula of Malaysia
How do we acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Culture?
- Making an acknowledgement to country
- UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- NAIDOC Week and other recognised days
What are three challenges facing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders?
Loss of rights, loss of land, and loss of culture.
How did the Orang Asli live sustainably?
They only take what they need (they only kill animals when necessary)
What are some differences between the Aboriginal and Orang Asli?
- The Aboriginals have more rights than the Orang Asli
- The Aboriginals are more noticed or more known than the Orang Asli because they’ve been around for longer
- Languages - The Aboriginals have 250 historical languages (150 still used) while the Orang Asli only have 18 languages.
What are some similarities about the Aboriginal and Orang Asli people?
- Spiritual connection to the land
- Rich spoken traditions
- increasing in population size every year
What is the population of the Aboriginals?
Over 800,000 (about 3.2% of the Australian population).
What is the population of the Orang Asli?
About 150,000 (less than 1% of the Malaysian population)
Where do Aboriginals mostly live?
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, mostly in urban areas.
Where do Orang Asli mostly live?
In Peninsula Malaysia, mostly in rural areas.
Are Aboriginals and Orang Asli increasing or decreasing in population size?
Both are increasing every year.
How do the Aboriginals use (interact) the land?
They have a connection to the land by using it for food, medicine, cultural dances, and rock art.
How do the Orang Asli use (interact)
the land?
They have a connection to the land by practising hunting, gathering, and small scale farming.
What are the Orang Asli cultural beliefs?
The Orang Asli culture is shown through traditional music, dance, and crafts.
What languages do the Aboriginals historically speak?
Historically over 250 languages with around 150 still in use.
What languages do the Orang Asli speak?
The Orang Asli speak around 18 distinct languages from the Austroasiatic (Australia and Asia) and Austronesian (Australia and Indonesia) families.
What are the Aboriginal religious beliefs?
There beliefs are based on the Dreaming and the Creation Stories and connection to the land.
What are the Orang Asli religious beliefs?
Traditionally animists (worship animals) with some converting to Islam and Christianity.
