All about Ireland - chapters 1-2

Most countries have got ............... for defence and protection.

• an army

• a shepherd

A person with a serious ................. is often in hospital.

• disease

• landowner

We want to .............. this wall and have a bigger room.

• refuse

• demolish

Parents usually ........................ their children to study.

• encourage

• survive

The rebels had many .....................

• followers

• rents

The people were poor and couldn't pay their .......................

• guns

• debts

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• St. Patrick was born in Britain

• St. Patrick had a snake for a pet

• St. Patrick heard strange voices

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• Trouble began in Ireland between Protestants and Catholics because King James I of England sent farmers to take land from Catholics.

• Trouble began in Ireland between Protestants and Catholics because the Catholic farmers paid rent to the Protestant farmers.

• Trouble began in Ireland between Protestants and Catholics because the Irish Catholic king married a Protestant princess.

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• The Potato Famine was a terrible disaster and one million people died of starvation.

• The Potato Famine was a terrible disaster and caused many people to leave Ireand

• The Potato Famine was a terrible disaster and caused Irish farmer to grow corn

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• The Irish political party Sinn Fein formed the Irish Republican Army

• The Irish political party Sinn Fein sent its leaders to Paris

• The Irish political party Sinn Fein formed an independent parliament in Dublin