Indigenous Rights
When did Australia become a federation?
1901
What was the name of the Russian royal family before the revolution?
Romanovs
When did WWII start and end?
1939 - 1945
The Vietnam War was fought between which two countries?
North Vietnam and South Vietnam
OR North Vietnam and US
Who was the first man on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
What does Terra Nullius mean?
Latin for "No Man's Land"
Which color was associated with the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War?
Red
Name the other two countries part of the Big Three who were allied with the US.
UK and USSR
When did the Vietnam War start and end?
1955 - 1975
The Cold War was fought between who?
US and Soviet Union
What year did Indigenous Australians start being counted as part of the population?
1967
Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party who initiated the Russian Revolution?
Vladimir Lenin
Approximately how many European Jews were killed in the Holocaust?
6 million
Ho Chi Minh City
The Berlin Wall separated which two former countries?
East Germany and West Germany
The Freedom Rides in Australia were led by ________? (He was a soccer player and first known Indigenous Australian to graduate from university)
Charles Perkins
What was the name of the last Russian tsar who abdicated the throne during the February Revolution?
Tsar Nicholas II
Where did the majority of European Jews move to after the Holocaust?
Palestine
Why did Australia join the Vietnam War?
To stop the spread of communism in South East Asia
Who is considered the first Renaissance Man? (He was a famous painter, inventor and sculptor)
Leonardo da Vinci
Who was responsible for the landmark case that allowed Indigenous Australians to claim native title from 1992 on?
Eddie Mabo
Who was the leader of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War?
Leon Trotsky
Why did the US join WWII?
Pearl Harbour
What was the name of guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam who fought for the Communist North?
Viet Cong
What is a proxy war?
A war that is instigated by a major power in a smaller nation that they not actually become directly involved in