5. What is Lake Mungo the site of? A. The largest ceremonial grounds found B. The most remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities C. The oldest known cremation site in the world D. The most complex rock art in Australia 6. Why are the Elders the ceremonial leaders in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities? A. Their old age has given them wisdom. B. They are respected community members with a deep knowledge of tradition. C. They are born into a hereditary position of power. D. They are the great warriors. 7. How did Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples use fire to manage the land? Select three correct responses.
A. They started bushfires to scare away enemies. B. Burning grasslands promoted lush new growth.
C. Fire flushed animals from their burrows so they could be killed. D. They burnt areas to let others know where they had been. E. They burnt the undergrowth to reduce the risk of large bushfires. 8. What is the estimated number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples that existed when Europeans first arrived in Australia? A. 50
B. 100 C. 150 D. 250
9. As the ancestral beings travelled across Australia giving life, they created landmarks and named the geographic features of the land. The countless pathways of daily travel and trade crossed the continent and are known as the Dreaming tracks. What do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples also remember these tracks as? A. Songlines B. Sacredlines C. Dreamlines D. Pathlines 10. What is the word for how Aboriginal Peoples explain creation, the nature of the world and the importance of
ritual and tradition? A. The Storytelling B. The Dreaming C. TheSagas D. The Folklore
ANALYSE AND APPLY 11. Summarise the changes that took place in Australia between the Pleistocene and the Holocene periods. EVALUATE AND COMMUNICATE 12. Communicate your understanding of Deep Time history and then identify the ways in which the Deep Time history of Australia has been recorded. 13. Identify the ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples managed the land and cared for Country. 14. Explain how the songlines were formed, and were then used to create trade networks. 15. Compare the concept of kinship in Western societies, and the kinship system as it continues to be defined in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Identify the similarities and differences in a one paragraph explanation of kinship. Answer and samples responses for this topic are available online.
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