The Great Irish Famine 1845-1850

The Great Irish Famine 1845-1850

5th - 12th Grade

17 Qs

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The Great Irish Famine 1845-1850

The Great Irish Famine 1845-1850

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What does the word Famine mean?

A period of industrial change

A period of bad weather

A severed shortage of food

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Between which years did the Great Famine occur?

1800-1820

1845-1850

1945-1950

1798-1800

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What important crop was affected by blight, leading to the famine?

The potato crop

The onion crop

Corn

Wheat

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What was the population of Ireland in 1841, just prior to the famine?

About 8 million

About 10 million

About 4 million

About 2 million

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What was a cottier during this time in Ireland

A poor individual

A small farmer

A worker that rented an acre of land and in return worked for farmers.

A wealthy farmer who owned a lot of land.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Landless labourers were the poorest people in Ireland in 1840.

True

False

7.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

A ____________ was where poor people went to be lodged and sent to work during the Famine.

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