Australian Culture MCQs

Australian Indigenous Traditions MCQs with Answer

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the Dreamtime stories?
A) Yolngu
B) Noongar
C) Anangu
D) Wiradjuri
Answer: A) Yolngu

What is the term used to refer to an Aboriginal ceremonial meeting?
A) Corroboree
B) Didgeridoo
C) Bullroarer
D) Midden
Answer: A) Corroboree

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the landmark of Uluru?
A) Wiradjuri
B) Anangu
C) Koori
D) Palawa
Answer: B) Anangu

What is the traditional musical instrument of the Aboriginal people with a unique sound?
A) Bullroarer
B) Didgeridoo
C) Boomerang
D) Nulla-nulla
Answer: B) Didgeridoo

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the Rainbow Serpent myth?
A) Noongar
B) Yolngu
C) Kulin
D) Anangu
Answer: C) Kulin

What is the traditional Aboriginal art form using dots to create intricate patterns?
A) Bark painting
B) Rock carving
C) Sand drawing
D) Dot painting
Answer: D) Dot painting

Which term refers to an Aboriginal campsite or settlement?
A) Billabong
B) Midden
C) Corroboree
D) Gunyah
Answer: D) Gunyah

What is the traditional name for Torres Strait Islander ceremonial headdresses?
A) Tutini
B) Dillybag
C) Dari
D) Bukul
Answer: D) Bukul

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the didgeridoo instrument?
A) Anangu
B) Palawa
C) Yolngu
D) Koori
Answer: C) Yolngu

What is the name of the Aboriginal rock art found in Western Australia?
A) Tjuringa
B) Wandjina
C) Mimi
D) Mimis
Answer: B) Wandjina

What term describes the traditional Aboriginal method of hunting using fire?
A) Tjuringa
B) Firestick farming
C) Dreaming
D) Songline
Answer: B) Firestick farming

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the Seven Sisters Dreaming?
A) Anangu
B) Kulin
C) Wiradjuri
D) Yolngu
Answer: A) Anangu

What term refers to a traditional Aboriginal dance?
A) Bullroarer
B) Tjukurpa
C) Corroboree
D) Nulla-nulla
Answer: C) Corroboree

What is the term for the traditional Aboriginal spiritual belief system?
A) Totemism
B) Songlines
C) Dreaming
D) Tjurunga
Answer: C) Dreaming

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the “Stolen Generations” history?
A) Koori
B) Palawa
C) Noongar
D) Wiradjuri
Answer: A) Koori

What is the traditional Indigenous Australian word for a waterhole or small lake?
A) Billabong
B) Midden
C) Gunyah
D) Corroboree
Answer: A) Billabong

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the Bunjil creator spirit?
A) Kulin
B) Yolngu
C) Anangu
D) Wiradjuri
Answer: A) Kulin

What is the term for traditional Aboriginal rock engravings?
A) Tjuringa
B) Wandjina
C) Petroglyphs
D) Mimis
Answer: C) Petroglyphs

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the Torres Strait Islands?
A) Koori
B) Palawa
C) Yolngu
D) Meriam
Answer: D) Meriam

What is the traditional Torres Strait Islander dance called?
A) Pukumani
B) Malu
C) Dari
D) Kuki
Answer: A) Pukumani

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the Honey Ant Dreaming?
A) Anangu
B) Yolngu
C) Kulin
D) Wiradjuri
Answer: D) Wiradjuri

What is the traditional Indigenous Australian word for a woven bag used to carry belongings?
A) Tutini
B) Dillybag
C) Nulla-nulla
D) Tjurunga
Answer: B) Dillybag

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the Emu Dreaming?
A) Noongar
B) Palawa
C) Anangu
D) Koori
Answer: C) Anangu

What is the traditional Aboriginal word for an initiation ceremony?
A) Corroboree
B) Bora
C) Tjukurpa
D) Midden
Answer: B) Bora

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the Tiwi Islands?
A) Kulin
B) Yolngu
C) Anangu
D) Tiwi
Answer: D) Tiwi

What is the traditional Indigenous Australian word for a ceremonial stone arrangement?
A) Wandjina
B) Tjuringa
C) Songline
D) Burial mound
Answer: B) Tjuringa

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the Wawalag Sisters?
A) Anangu
B) Yolngu
C) Kulin
D) Palawa
Answer: B) Yolngu

What is the traditional Indigenous Australian word for a sacred or secret object?
A) Tjukurpa
B) Tjurunga
C) Bullroarer
D) Nulla-nulla
Answer: B) Tjurunga

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the Guurrbi Tours in Queensland?
A) Koori
B) Anangu
C) Kuku Yalanji
D) Yolngu
Answer: C) Kuku Yalanji

What term refers to traditional Aboriginal songs that map the landscape?
A) Totemism
B) Songlines
C) Dreaming
D) Bullroarer
Answer: B) Songlines

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the Gurindji strike in the 1960s?
A) Wiradjuri
B) Koori
C) Anangu
D) Gurindji
Answer: D) Gurindji

What is the traditional name for the Aboriginal shield?
A) Nulla-nulla
B) Woomera
C) Coolamon
D) Mirri
Answer: D) Mirri

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the Mabo decision?
A) Palawa
B) Yolngu
C) Koori
D) Meriam
Answer: D) Meriam

What term describes the traditional Aboriginal method of communication through storytelling?
A) Petroglyphs
B) Corroboree
C) Tjurunga
D) Oral tradition
Answer: D) Oral tradition

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the Ngarrindjeri people of South Australia?
A) Koori
B) Palawa
C) Anangu
D) Ngarrindjeri
Answer: D) Ngarrindjeri

What is the traditional name for the Aboriginal hunting boomerang?
A) Nulla-nulla
B) Waddy
C) Coolamon
D) Mirri
Answer: B) Waddy

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the creation stories of Baiame?
A) Wiradjuri
B) Kulin
C) Anangu
D) Yolngu
Answer: A) Wiradjuri

What term describes the traditional Aboriginal hunting and gathering territory?
A) Midden
B) Tjurunga
C) Country
D) Corroboree
Answer: C) Country

Which Indigenous Australian group is associated with the Yidaki instrument?
A) Koori
B) Anangu
C) Yolngu
D) Noongar
Answer: C) Yolngu

What is the term used to refer to the ancient trade routes and paths followed by Indigenous Australians?
A) Tjurunga
B) Dreaming
C) Songlines
D) Tjukurpa
Answer: C) Songlines

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