Douglas Nicholls
What is Uluru?
a giant rock in the middle of the desert in Central Australia
What is an indigenous people group?
a distant group who lived in a place before others from outside the area established a colony there
Who are the Aborigines?
believed to be the first people to have lived in Australia
Why was the world surprised when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957?
Most people assumed the US was ahead of the USSR in space technology
What did Christian Fuehrer begin leading in 1982? Where did these events take place?
weekly prayer meetings in the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig, Germany
What was the tallest known structure in the world for over 3,000 years?
Great Pyramid of Giza
What country has an estimated 50%-70% population of indigenous people?
Bolivia
Why did the government of Australia take Aboriginal children from their families?
They wanted to assimilate them into white society
What challenge did US President John F. Kennedy give in 1961?
to send a man to the moon and return him safely before the ends of the 1960s
Describe the actions of the crowd who marched around Leipzig on 10/9/1989
Peacefully carried candles, chanted "we are the people" and prayed
Where was the cathedral built that surpassed it in height in 1311?
England
Where do an estimated 70% of indigenous people groups live?
Asia and the islands of the Pacific
What is the purpose of the Day of Mourning, begun in 1938?
Aborigines started it to protest their mistreatment by English settlers
What does ISS stand for? When was this project begun?
International Space Station, begun in 1998
Mikhail Gorbachev
As of early 2016, where is the tallest building in the world?
United Arab Emirates
What is unique about the Euskara language, spoken by the Basque of Spain and France?
It is believed to be the oldest language still in common use
How was Douglas Nicholls honored in 1972 and why?
Received knighthood for his services for the advancement of the Aboriginal people
Who was the first man in space? When was his mission and what did it accomplish?
Yuri Gagarin, 4/12/61, he orbited the earth
When was the Berlin Wall torn down?
11/9/1989
What was the first building to stand over 1,000 feet tall? Where and when was it built?
Chrysler Building, New York City 1930