HSIE Assessment

Name:_____________

Year:___________

Use the textbook to finds the answers for the following questions. Refer to pages 324 to 337
for questions one to five and to pages 414 to 431 for questions six to ten.
1. Where did the Polynesian people originate from? (1 mark)
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2. There are three sub-regions of the pacific island region, give a short description of each
sub-region. (3 marks)
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3. What did the Polynesian people use to cross the ocean? (1 mark)
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4. When did the Polynesians discover the Easter Islands and Hawaii? (1 mark)
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5. What are the moai? (1 mark)
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6. What year did Europeans arrive in Australia? (1 mark)
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7. What where some of the impacts of contact and colonisation in Australia? (2 marks)
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8. What does the term Terra Nullius mean? (1 mark)
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9. What is the dreaming? (5 marks)
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10. Connections to ancestors are preserved by: (2 marks)
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