Impacts of British Colonization

The 1789 epidemic that killed thousands of Indigenous Australians was from the spread of what virus?

• measles

• tuberculosis

• smallpox

• whooping cough

Which European explorer is often credited with the first recorded contact with Indigenous Australians?

• James Cook

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

What was the primary reason for the decline in the Indigenous Australian population after European settlement?

• Natural disasters

• Inter-tribal conflicts

• Diseases brought by Europeans

• Scarcity of resources

In which year did the British First Fleet arrive in Australia, marking the beginning of European colonization?

• 1606

• 1770

• 1788

• 1804

What does Terra Nullius mean?

• nobody's land

• sacred land

• empty land

• native land

•The First Nations population went from an estimated 1-1.5 million before invasion to less than WHAT by the early 1900s.

• 200,00

• 100,000

• 180,000

• 350,000

All the massacres, wars and instances of resistances beginning from the arrival of colonists in 1788 are referred to as what?

• The Arrival Massacres

• The Frontier Genocide

• The Arrival Battles

• The Frontier Wars

Which term describes the legal doctrine used by the British to justify the colonization of Australia?

• Manifest Destiny

• Terra Nullius

• Divine Right

• Colonial Mandate

What was the primary economic activity that drove European settlers to expand into Indigenous Australian lands?

• Gold mining

• Agriculture and farming

• Fishing

• Timber logging

There were at least how many Frontier massacres over 140 years of Australian history?

• 250

• 180

• 270

• 190