Cubs NRW Quiz

Aboriginal People are from...

• Mexico
• Australia
• South America
• North America

Aboriginals are known for being good...

• Story Tellers
• Artists
• Craftsmen
• All of these

An instrument Aboriginal people created is called....

• Trumpet

• Saxophone

• Didgeridoo

• Flute

The didgeridoo is made from...

• Bamboo

• Sticks tied together with string

• Limbs and tree trunks hollowed by termites

• Plumbing pipes

Indigenous Australians have painted on rocks and in caves for tens of thousands of years - this is known as "rock art". The oldest rock art has been dated as...

• 50 years old

• 1,000 years old

• 30,000 years old

• 16,000 years old

How did ancient Aboriginal artists get the colors they needed to create their art on tree bark, rocks and their own bodies?

• They collected colorful rocks in the Outback, laid them out in patterns and then photographed them.

• They invented acrylic and oil paints and used these paints in secret for hundreds of years before Europeans.

• They traded secrets for watercolour paints.

• Artists made their own materials out of ground ochres made from natural clay, charcoal, ash, blood and plant gums.

Which of the following is NOT a name for a traditional Aboriginal shelter?

• Humpy

• Gunyah

• Wurley

• Apartment

What did Aboriginal people use to make shelter?

• Leaves, sticks, drills and bricks

• Tree stumps, leaves, rocks and glue

• Leaves, rocks, tree stumps and sticks

• Bricks, cement, metal and carpet

Why were boomerangs used?

• To scratch your back

• To hunt for food

• To mix your dinner

• As a toy

What is the traditional Aboriginal name for a spear launcher?

• Spear launcher

• Spear thrower

• Woomera

• Boomerang