HASS Quiz - First Contact

How many ships were on the First Fleet?

• 15

• 6

• 3

• 11

Where did Captain Arthur Philip declare settlement?

• Botany Bay

• Sydney Cove/Port Jackson

• Brisbane

• London

Convicts faced many hardships when they first arrived in Australia

• True

• False

Select which one/s are correct about the rations provided to the convicts during and after the First Fleet

• Was barely enough to feed them

• The women received less than the men

• Had to rely on the supply ships after arriving in Australia

• Could not survive on crops in the beginning

Convicts and European settlers found the Australian environment (land, weather) to be fruitful (easy to grow crops)

• True

• False

There was people already living in the 'Sydney Cove' area?

• True

• False

Who are the Eora people?

• Religious group

• Aboriginal People of Sydney

• Name given to European settlers by Aboriginals

• Name of the European people living in the first convict settlement

Did the Eora people distrust the European settlers in the beginning?

• Yes

• No

• Unsure

Land and water resources (forests and creeks) were damaged by livestock brought by the settlers?

• True

• False

Many Aboriginal peoples were killed by ______ brought from Europe by the settlers.

• Animals

• Bombs

• Diseases

• All of the above