WW1 & WW2
Australia and the UDHR
Aboriginal Activism & The Stolen Generation
General Knowledge
100

Where is Pearl Harbour?

Hawaii 

100

What event led to the creation of UDHR?

WWII

100

In 1915, who was the Chief Protector of Aborigines.

Mr Neville

100

What type of fish is Nemo?

Clownfish

200

What was the name of the race which Hitler believed was superior to all?

Aryan Race

200

What does AHRC stand for?

Australian Human Rights Commission

200

What was the policy of assimilation?

Aboriginal people who were ‘not of full blood’ would conform to the attitudes, customs and beliefs of the white majority

200

Which animal is called the unicorn of the ocean?

Narwhal 

300

Who were the main 3 countries who made up the Triple Entente?

England, France and Russia

300

In what year was the United Nations founded?

1945

300

List three ways the government segregated Aboriginal people.

Deciding where they could live and work 

Limiting Aboriginal people’s access to their own wages 

Forbidden them the right to practise their own traditions 

Limiting their access to education

Taking their children

300

What is the largest organ of the human body

Skin

400

What sport was played by the British and the Germans during World War I on Christmas Day.

Soccer/Football

400

What Australian Act was formed as a result of the international treaty 'The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination'?

Racial Discrimination Act 1975

400

What law gave the New South Wales Aborigines Protection Board the power to remove any Indigenous child at any time and for any reason.

Protection Act

400

Why did the custom of shaking hands begin?

To show the person that you were unarmed.

500

Which two countries were the first to declare war on Germany?

Britain and France

500

List three of the six organs in the UN.

General Assembly

Security Council

Economic and Social Council

Trusteeship Council

International Court of Justice

Secretariat

500

What event encouraged a new phase in the Aboriginal peoples’ fight for their rights?

150th anniversary celebrations of British arrival in Australia.

500

How many bones does a shark have?

Zero, they are made up of cartilage.