WorksheetsThe Plantation of Ireland
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Ulster Plantation began in ___________.
a)
1500
b)
1601
c)
1607
d)
`1609
2.
The Ulster Plantation was more successful for three main reasons: more settlers, smaller estates and better ___________.
a)
Ships
b)
Food
c)
Defences
d)
Leaders
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
Which English monarch carried out the Munster plantation?
a)
King Henry VIII
b)
Queen Mary
c)
Queen Elizabeth
d)
King James I
7.
Who landed at Kinsale in 1601 to try to help the Irish?
a)
Spanish
b)
French
c)
Italians
d)
Portuguese
8.
The Ulster Plantation was more successful for three main reasons: more settlers, smaller estates and better ___________.
a)
Ships
b)
Food
c)
Defences
d)
Leaders
9.
The Laois-___________ plantation was the first plantation carried out in Ireland.
a)
Offaly
b)
Westmeath
c)
Longford
d)
Dublin
10.
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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