Colonisation
When did the First Fleet arrive in Australia?
a) 1788
b) 1768
c) 1700
d) 1798
a) 1788
List ten countries in Asia.
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikist, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, China, Korea, Japan Mongolia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, State of Palestine, Syrian, Arab Republic, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
What are the four interconnected social groups in Feudal Society?
Monarch, nobles, knights, peasants.
Name the London theatre where Shakespeare performed.
The Globe.
List 5 film shots or angles.
high angle, low angle, close-up, wide-shot, long shot, mid shot, establishing shot.
List three early impacts of colonisation on indigenous Australians.
Disease. Frontier Violence. Disruptions to traditional ways of life. Environmental damage.
What is the traditional (non English) name of Easter Island?
Rapa Nui.
Name a historical figure from the medieval/renaissance period that you have studied.
Joan of Arc.
List three of Shakespeare's plays.
COMEDIES
HISTORIES
TRAGEDIES
Who were the main groups involved in the crusades?
Christians and Muslims
Give two reasons why Europeans sought to colonise distant places.
Land, natural resources, trade.
Three places that mark the edges of the Polynesian triangle.
Hawaii, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and New Zealand (Aotearoa).
Three crimes that existed in Medieval Europe.
Treason, murder, theft, poaching.
What is the term used for a piece of writing that re-interprets one of Shakespeare's plays (or another writer's) for a new context?
Adaptation
What does mis-en-scene mean?
"everything in the shot" (e.g. set design, costume, lighting)
What happened to the perpetrators of the Myall Creek Massacre?
Trial 1: eleven colonists tried and acquitted (one had run away). Trial 2: seven colonists executed (four never tried again).
Two environmental resources thought to be mismanaged by a Polynesian society.
Moa in New Zealand, palm trees on Easter Island.
List and describe two types of ordeal in Medieval Europe.
Trial by Fire: person on trial is made to pick up a hot poker. If the wound festers they are guilty. If it heals they are innocent. Trial by Water: person on trial is plunged into water. If they float they are guilty. If they sink they are innocent and dragged out by rope.
List the three genres of play which Shakespeare wrote.
Comedies, Histories, Tragedies.
What are three commonplace features of Shakespeare's comedies.
marriages, disguises, happy ending, role reversal.
Is this artwork a primary or secondary source and whose perspective does it show?
It is a primary source and shows the perspective of colonists in relation to Aboriginal people and frontier violence.
Describe traditional Maori foods or clothing .
Food: crops introduced by Maori settlers included yams, taro and kumara. They also ate wild berries, seeds and plants native to Aotearoa (NZ). Seafood was also a key source of nutrition (eels, whales, fish) and the Moa (flightless bird) until extinct. Food exchange and responsibilities was linked to social organisation and power.
Clothing: used native flax and leaves, animal skins and feathers to make clothing. Weaving and plaiting was used in the creation of garments. Nature of clothing may indicate status (e.g. chief's cloak).
Give two reasons why Joan of Arc is a significant historical figure?
Significant = worthy of interest.
Extraordinary military power for a woman of her day. Part of a key military conflict between major powers in Europe. Career provides insight into medieval religion and the experience of medieval women. Popular interest in Joan in subsequent generations.
Two reasons Shakespeare is a significant historical figure.
Significant = worthy of interest.
The enduring fame and popularity of his plays and poetry.
Define Prejudice.
Prejudice is a preconceived and negative opinion not based on experience.