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WorksheetsPlantations
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Before the plantations what policy did Henry VIII try to use?
a)
Surrender and regrant
b)
Surrender and renew
c)
Soldiers and regrant
d)
Brehon Law
2.
Which one of the following surnames in the class is Anglo-Irish?
a)
Cannon
b)
Edmead
c)
Bevan
d)
Collins
3.
The Pale was a word to describe _________________________.
a)
The Ulster Plantation
b)
The area around Dublin under English control.
c)
Another word for Brehon Law.
d)
The Munster Plantation
4.
Finish the phrase by Oliver Cromwell: To Hell or to _____________________.
a)
Munster
b)
Leinster
c)
Ulster
d)
Connaught
5.
Roughly how many planters came for the Ulster plantation?
a)
40,000
b)
80
c)
2,000-3,000
d)
1,000,000
6.
Planters in the Ulster Plantation who received the largest estates of 2,000 acres had to build a bawn and ____________.
a)
Stone House
b)
Stone Castle
c)
Artillery
d)
Stone Church
7.
The Ulster Plantation began in ___________.
a)
1500
b)
1601
c)
1607
d)
`1609
8.
Which English monarch carried out the Munster plantation?
a)
King Henry VIII
b)
Queen Mary
c)
Queen Elizabeth
d)
King James I
9.
At the Battle of Kinsale the Irish leader Hugh O'Neill should have:
a)
Waited and laid siege to the English.
b)
Attacked the English quickly.
10.
Who landed at Kinsale in 1601 to try to help the Irish?
a)
Spanish
b)
French
c)
Italians
d)
Portuguese
11.
The Ulster Plantation was more successful for three main reasons: more settlers, smaller estates and better ___________.
a)
Ships
b)
Food
c)
Defences
d)
Leaders
12.
Oliver Cromwell was a committed _________________, a member of the the religion founded by John Calvin in Geneva.
a)
Catholic
b)
Protestant
c)
Calvinist
13.
Women had more rights under which law system?
a)
Brehon Law
b)
English Common Law
14.
The Laois-___________ plantation was the first plantation carried out in Ireland.
a)
Offaly
b)
Westmeath
c)
Longford
d)
Dublin
15.
In which of these groups of three counties were ALL the counties part of the Ulster plantation?
a)
Cork, Down and Antrim
b)
Donegal, Tyrone and Antrim
c)
Cavan, Fermanagh and Down
d)
Donegal, Derry and Tyrone
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