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Australia
AKS 58 and 59 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who are the first inhabitants of Australia? | Aborigine |
| Where do most Australians live and work? | Urban areas on the SE coast |
| Why is the percentage of people working on farms in Australia low? | very little of the land is arable (It is mostly desert) |
| Where did the aborigines originate from? | Possibly Asia or Africa |
| What country colonized Australia? | United Kingdom |
| What happened to the aborigines as a result of colonization? | killed by disease, pushed of land, treated unfairly, children taken away |
| How did Europeans FIRST impact indigenous people in Latin America and Australia? | killed by European diseases and removed from land |
| Where do most of the people live in Australia and why do they live there? | SE coasts, good climate, good resources |
| Who are the Stolen Generations? | The half-caste aboriginal children that were removed from their home by the Australian government |
| How are indigenous people still discriminated against today? | lower standard of living, lower literacy rate, lower life expectancy, more health issues, higher imprisonment rate |