The Tiwi

Question 1

40,000 years ago Lake Mungo Mungo man

Answer 1

what

Question 2

The emergence of the world system

Answer 2

World system has been shaped by the capitalist world economy.

Question 3

Colonialism

Answer 3

political socilal economice and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power.

Question 4

Imperialism

Answer 4

a policy of extending the rule of a country or empire over foreign nations and of taking and holding foreign colonies.
(taking control of resources territories without settling)

Question 5

What are the two phases of modern colonialism?

Answer 5

1st) European age of discovery
	Technological developments in navigation
	1492-1825
2nd) 1850-1950
	Dominated by Britain and France
	Peak: 1914, European enemies controlled

Question 6

T or F?

In 1780, 60-80% of the population died of small pox in Australia.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Stolen generations

Answer 7

For much of the 20th century, many [100,000] children of mainly mixed descent were forcibly removed and acculturated into “white” society.
Australian government offered a formal apology in 2008.

Question 8

Palawa

Answer 8

Tasmanian aboriginals isolated for 10,000 years,
5-10,000 people at european contact
Decimated by disease
Trugernanner: ;ast full blooded palawa died 1876

Question 9

Tiwi

Answer 9

aboriginals located on varied environment melwurst
Hunters/gatherers
Today they still hunt and gather

Question 10

What are three characteristics of the tiwi tribe?

Answer 10

Band of 100 people flexible membership
residential groups landholding groups
Matrilineal descent “skin”

Question 11

What ae characteristics of tiwi marriage

Answer 11

today, the tiwi practice - monogamous
Traditionally - polygyny: plural mariage with one man and multiple wives. arragnged by father.
Pregnency - unborn spirits enter body
All females must be married from birth to death
Issues: many unmarried men in the 20s-30s
1950s - Caltholic missionaries led to women choosing their own husband.

Question 12

What are the three worlds as believed by tiwi religion?

Answer 12

world of the unborn (spirit children)
world of the living (Personal achievement and independence)
world of the dead (Static world, no ageing.)

Question 13

what is the current situation of the tiwi?

Answer 13

WWII - bombing by japanese war planes dependence on military supplied products
Land Rights Act of 1976 returned land ownership to tiwi.
Currently largely urban, focusing on tourism, art.
Still maintain many cultural practices and ceremonies
marriages now mostly monogamous
mostly christian.