Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Colonialism had a great impact on the lives of the aboriginal Australians who were eventually ______ (1) ______ by the whites with all power and privilege. The colonisers turned their land into rubbish pits and ______ (2) ______ sites for their own betterment. The aborigines were often ______ (3) ______ as sub-humans with low status and dirty habits. The whites not only displaced the tribes off their homeland but also ______ (4) ______ the beauty and balance of the natural world. An increase in deforestation and destruction of traditional land led ______ (5) ______ like emu, eagle, and kangaroo, among many others to dwindle over time.
