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Ireland: a bit of history and culture

Authored by Françoise POTOT

English, History

6th - 10th Grade

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Ireland: a bit of history and culture
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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When was Ireland first settled ?

year 8000 BC

Year 500 BC

year 200 BC

year 100 BC

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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impressive prehistoric monuments can be found in Ireland, which one among the following names is represented in the photo?

Stonehenge in 4000 BC

New grange 3000 BC

Knap of Howar 3,500 BC

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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What is do you know about St Patrick ?

St Patrick was one of the Christian missionaries who arrived in in the early fifth century which ended the pagan society

St Patrick is the patron of Ireland. It is a national celebration which happens every 17th of March. It started in the 17th century.

It is celebrated by the Catholics only.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Who invaded Ireland two centuries later, from the 9th century after AD ?

The Normans

The Saxons

The Vikings

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which invasion marked the beginning of more than seven centuries of British rule in Ireland ?

An invasion of Norman mercenaries

Another invasion of Vikings

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was relative peace ended after the reformation ?

land confiscated from the Catholic landowners was given to the Protestant settlers from England and Scotland.

Catholics could still speak their native Gaelic language.

Many laws discriminated against Catholics.

Religion became a source of division.

poverty was widespread

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What caused the potato famine ?

The potato caught a disease called the blight

the Irish people relied on potatoes mainly to feed themselves.

The English rulers gave little help and kept the other food crops for themselves.

The English rulers confiscated all the potatoes .

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