Ireland: a bit of history and culture

When was Ireland first settled ?

• year 8000 BC

• Year 500 BC

• year 200 BC

• year 100 BC

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

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.

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

• The Normans

• The Saxons

• The Vikings

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

• An invasion of Norman mercenaries

• Another invasion of Vikings

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

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 .

What were the consequences of the potato famine which happened in 1845?

• two million Irish people died of starvation.

• one million emigrated to escape the famine.

• The Irish people were given the means to change their diet.

Numerous monuments are reminders of these hard times in Ireland.Which of the followingplaces are in Ireland ?( names will be given at the correction..)

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The Irish people fought to improve their conditions. What is true among the following facts ?

• An uprising on Easter Day in 1916

• The Irish war of Indepence began in 1919 and continued until 1921

• In 1922, The country became known as the Republic of Ireland

• The conflict did not end after the Irish got independent

• Micheal Collins played an important part in the Independence of Ireland