Stolen Generations Key Terms

The belief that some races are better than others is

Civil rights refers to personal and human rights belonging to

Assimilation is when a minority group

• is made to adapt to the culture of the majority group

• loses identity

• is made to adapt to the culture of the majority group and loses parts of its own culture

• gains part of a new culture

Colonisation is when one country sends a group of people to take political control of another place.

• True

• False

Match the following

• separating people into racial groups

• Half-cast

• treating differently because of race

• segregation

• a person who was 1/4 indigenous decent

• quadroon

• a term used for a person of mixed race

• discrimination

• someone who knows how to read the land

• tracker

The Aboriginal Protection Board was a government body who's job was to...

The Aborigines Protection Act (1909) was a ​ (a)   that gave the ​ (b)  

power over ​ (c)   , ​ (d)   and ​ management of the children of aboriginal people. It made the removal of children from their families ​ (e)   .

• law
• Protection Boards
• custody
• education
• legal