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Social Studies AUS 1053 Flashcards

1
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B.C. stands for…

A

Before Christ

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2
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All dates in history after Christ came to Earth have what letters in front of the year?

A

A.D. (although people also use C.E., which stands for Common Era)

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3
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What is the first recorded biblical event of human history?

A

Creation week

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4
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples travelled to Australia from…

A

Shinar (Babylon) where the Tower of Babel had been built

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5
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Who do some people believe were the earliest immigrants to Australia?

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The Tasmanian Aboriginal People

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6
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How many Aboriginal people are estimate to have lived on mainland Australia when Captain Cook sailed the east coast in 1770?

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300,000

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7
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It is believed that when Aboriginal people immigrated to Australia, they brought their dogs with them. What are these dogs known as?

A

dingos

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8
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Which two other countries are mentioned as having boomerangs in ancient times?

A

India and Ancient Egypt

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9
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Who are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (and everyone else) descended from?

A

Noah and his three sons

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10
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Who are the two major groups of Aboriginal peoples?

A

The coastal tribes and the interior tribes

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11
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What did Aboriginal people spend most of their time doing?

A

hunting food

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12
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Food resources for the interior tribes were very…

A

scattered

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13
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Because they often had to travel great distances to find food, the interior tribes had limited…

A

possessions

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14
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In general, Aboriginal people ate whatever was…

A

edible

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15
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What was a favourite food of Aboriginal people?

A

witchetty grubs

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16
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Which food was considered a delicacy?

A

honey

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17
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Which animal were women and children often not allowed to eat the flesh of?

A

the emu

18
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What were the main foods of the Aboriginal people?

A

vegetable roots and seeds

19
Q

What were women mostly responsible for when it came to providing food?

A

gathering plants, seeds, insects, and small animals

20
Q

What were men mostly responsible for in relation to providing food?

A

hunting and fishing

21
Q

What was the main weapon used for hunting?

A

a spear

22
Q

Did men and women usually work together or separately to search for food?

A

separately

23
Q

What was usually thrown at flocks of birds in the hope of killing some for food?

A

a boomerang

24
Q

What tool did women often use to help them gather food?

A

a digging stick

25
Q

What weapon did men use to hunt fish?

A

a prong-tipped spear

26
Q

What was the most common method Aboriginal people used to start a fire?

A

the friction method

27
Q

Life depended on Aboriginal people being able to find what?

A

water and food

28
Q

Aboriginal people were sometimes able to drain stored water from what part of trees?

A

the roots

29
Q

What type of tree stores water in its trunk?

A

the baobab tree

30
Q

Why were some waterholes covered?

A

to prevent evaporation

31
Q

Which tribes generally didn’t have trouble finding water, and why?

A

The coastal tribes generally found water easily in rivers.

32
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Which tribes were generally more settled—coastal tribes or interior tribes?

A

coastal tribes

33
Q

The shelters of the coastal tribes tended to be more…

A

permanent

34
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The shelters of the interior tribes were more…

A

protective

35
Q

One type of hut made by early Aboriginal people was the…

A

inverted V

36
Q

The huts were often called miamias or…

A

gunyahs

37
Q

Aboriginal people decorated themselves with coloured…

A

earths

38
Q

Aboriginal girls were considered adults when they were about what age?

A

12

39
Q

Boys were not considered adults until they passed what?

A

an initiation

40
Q

Did Aboriginal children go to school?

A

No

41
Q

How did Aboriginal children learn hunting and tracking skills?

A

through play

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