The Impact of Emigration and the Irish Diaspora

The Impact of Emigration and the Irish Diaspora

1st Grade

7 Qs

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The Impact of Emigration and the Irish Diaspora

The Impact of Emigration and the Irish Diaspora

Assessment

Quiz

History

1st Grade

Hard

Created by

Benjamin Sweeney

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7 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Ireland's population prior to Emigration and the Famine? (i.e. by 1844)

8.4 million

6.6 million

4.8 million

7.5 million

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Roughly how many people are said to have emigrated from Ireland by 1851?

800,000

1 Million

2 Million

500,000

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what period of the 20th Century did Ireland start to see a slow rise in its population?

1990s

1980s

1970s

1960s

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In which of Ireland's four provinces did population decrease the most?

Munster

Ulster

Connacht

Leinster

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following countries does NOT have millions of citizens who claim Irish ancestry?

USA

Argentina

Canada

Australia

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

US President John F. Kennedy visited the Wexford Memorial of:

Michael Collins

Éamon de Valera

Edward Carson

John Barry

7.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Complete the name of this Irish Canadian unit in the CEF:

_______ of __________ Own Irish Rangers