Population - Rural and Urban Settlement in Ireland

When did the first settlers come to Ireland?

• 2,000 years ago

• 7,000 years ago

• 9,000 years ago

• 6,500 years ago

How do historians think the first settlers came to Ireland?

• By boat

• By crossing land bridges connecting Ireland to other countries

• On foot by crossing man - made bridges

The term given to the first settlers who hunted for their food is called...

What evidence is there to show early settlement in Ireland?

• Sketch maps

• OS (Ordnance survey) maps

• Ring forts

• Crannógs

Looking at the OS map attached, explain why a fulacht fia would be situated near a water source

Which is in the correct order? from the first settlers, to the most recent settlers in Ireland

• The Vikings, the Normans, new stone - age settlers, hunter - gatherers, plantation towns, early Christian monastic settlements

• Early Christian monastic settlements, new stone - age settlers, hunter gatherers, the Vikings, the Normans, plantation towns

• Hunter - gathers, new stone age settlers, early Christian monastic settlements, the Vikings, the Normans, plantation towns

Explain, using any one of the following physical features, how certain factors can influence the origin and location of rural settlement. You can refer to factors that either attract or repel settlers in your answer:

- Altitude

- Gradient

- Drainage

- Aspect

Linear settlement is when...

• Houses are clustered together

• Houses are situated in a line along a road

• Houses are dispersed widely apart

Nucleated settlement is when...

• Houses are dispersed

• Houses are situated in a line along a road

• Houses are clustered together

How can you identify a Norman town?

• Settlements such as Crannógs and ring forts

• Castles made from stone

• Early monastic settlements in towns

• The always built settlements next to rivers