Question 1

When was the apology to the Stolen Generations issued by the Australian Federal Government?

Accepted Answer

A)  1967 
B)  1972 
C)  1997 
D)  2008 
A)  1967 
B)  1972 
C)  1997 
D)  2008 D

Question 2

What does the study of 'whiteness' focus upon?

Accepted Answer

A)  The colour of a person's skin 
B)  Differences between white and non-white people 
C)  Power and identity differences between white and non-white people 
D)  Racist political parties 
A)  The colour of a person's skin 
B)  Differences between white and non-white people 
C)  Power and identity differences between white and non-white people 
D)  Racist political parties C

Question 3

What is the pejorative term for accounts of Australian history that focus on incidents of sadness and shame, such as the treatment of Indigenous peoples?

Accepted Answer

A)  New racism 
B)  The history of the dispossessed 
C)  Black armband history 
D)  Post-colonialism 
A)  New racism 
B)  The history of the dispossessed 
C)  Black armband history 
D)  Post-colonialism C

Question 4

What was the term used by the British to legally define Australia as an unoccupied land belonging to no one and therefore open to conquest?

Accepted Answer

A)  Open possession 
B)  Dispossession 
C)  Non-colonised 
D)  Terra nullius 
A)  Open possession 
B)  Dispossession 
C)  Non-colonised 
D)  Terra nullius

Question 5

What is the term that refers to a focus on achieving equality for Indigenous people in citizenship rights, including access to the same opportunities and services as others?

Accepted Answer

A)  Symbolic reconciliation 
B)  Social cohesion 
C)  Structural and institutional change 
D)  Self-determination 
A)  Symbolic reconciliation 
B)  Social cohesion 
C)  Structural and institutional change 
D)  Self-determination

Question 6

For a Marxist, race is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Simply another status distinction 
B)  Furthering the interests of capital through labour exploitation 
C)  About governmentality through the power of everyday institutions 
D)  About hybridity as a description of ethnic identity 
A)  Simply another status distinction 
B)  Furthering the interests of capital through labour exploitation 
C)  About governmentality through the power of everyday institutions 
D)  About hybridity as a description of ethnic identity

Question 7

The Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) measures included:

Accepted Answer

A)  Income management 
B)  Child health checks 
C)  Changes to the permit system 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Income management 
B)  Child health checks 
C)  Changes to the permit system 
D)  All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following people is the term 'social Darwinism' most closely associated with?

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Darwin 
B)  Herbert Spencer 
C)  Auguste Comte 
D)  Émile Durkheim 
A)  Charles Darwin 
B)  Herbert Spencer 
C)  Auguste Comte 
D)  Émile Durkheim

Question 9

'Reconciliation' was a recommendation stemming from:

Accepted Answer

A)  The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Report Bringing Them Home 
B)  The Labour government headed by Gough Whitlam 
C)  The Labour government headed by Paul Keating 
D)  The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody 
A)  The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Report Bringing Them Home 
B)  The Labour government headed by Gough Whitlam 
C)  The Labour government headed by Paul Keating 
D)  The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

Question 10

What do contemporary views of Aboriginal identity often reflect?

Accepted Answer

A)  Biological essentialism 
B)  Authenticity 
C)  Cultural essentialism 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Biological essentialism 
B)  Authenticity 
C)  Cultural essentialism 
D)  None of the above

When was the apology to the Stolen Generations issued by the Australian Federal Government?

What does the study of 'whiteness' focus upon?

What is the pejorative term for accounts of Australian history that focus on incidents of sadness and shame, such as the treatment of Indigenous peoples?

What was the term used by the British to legally define Australia as an unoccupied land belonging to no one and therefore open to conquest?

What is the term that refers to a focus on achieving equality for Indigenous people in citizenship rights, including access to the same opportunities and services as others?

For a Marxist, race is:

The Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) measures included:

Which of the following people is the term 'social Darwinism' most closely associated with?

'Reconciliation' was a recommendation stemming from:

What do contemporary views of Aboriginal identity often reflect?

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Exam 14: Race and Reconciliation in Australia

When was the apology to the Stolen Generations issued by the Australian Federal Government?

What does the study of 'whiteness' focus upon?

What is the pejorative term for accounts of Australian history that focus on incidents of sadness and shame, such as the treatment of Indigenous peoples?

What was the term used by the British to legally define Australia as an unoccupied land belonging to no one and therefore open to conquest?

What is the term that refers to a focus on achieving equality for Indigenous people in citizenship rights, including access to the same opportunities and services as others?

For a Marxist, race is:

The Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) measures included:

Which of the following people is the term 'social Darwinism' most closely associated with?

'Reconciliation' was a recommendation stemming from:

What do contemporary views of Aboriginal identity often reflect?

The Sociological Gaze: Linking Private Lives to Public Issues

Sociological Foundations: Early Theorists and Theories

Contemporary Sociological Theorists and Theories

Sociological Investigations: Doing Social Research

How We Become Who and What We Are: Socialisation and the New Genetics

Youth Transitions and Youth Culture

Families and Intimate Relationships

Consumption and Lifestyles

Sporting Life

A Sociology of Licit and Illicit Drugs

Class and Inequality in Australia

Gender and Sexualities

Ethnicity and Belonging

Religion and Spirituality in Contemporary Australia

Deviance, Crime, and Social Control

The Social Determinants of Health and Illness

Globalisation, Power, and Social Movements

Global Risk and the Surveillance State: A Sociology of New Terrorism

Working 247: The New Work Ethic

Digital Sociology

Media and Popular Culture

Educating Society: Sociological Debates and Dilemmas

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