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JC Geography Early Settlements

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did the first settlers come to Ireland

a)

200bc

b)

8000bc

c)

5000bc

d)

7000bc

2.

What is not evidence of Neolithic people

a)

Portal Dolan

b)

Wedge tomb

c)

Stone Circle

d)

Court Cairn

3.

What year was the Bronze age?

a)

5000bc

b)

500bc

c)

2000bc

d)

200bc

4.

What is the red circle evidence of?

a)

Neolithic people

b)

Celtic Iron age

c)

Bronze age

d)

Mesolithic people

5.

What is pictured in the photograph above?

a)

Fulacht Fia

b)

Midden

c)

Trough

d)

Holy well

6.

A cronnog is evidence of which early settlers?

a)

Bronze age

b)

Neolithic

c)

Mesolithic

d)

Celtic

7.

A standing stone is evidence of which early settlers?

a)

Iron Age

b)

Celtic age

c)

Bronze age

d)

Neolithic

8.

What antiquity does the red circle on the map symbolize?

a)

Stone circle

b)

Ringfort

c)

Hillfort

d)

Castle

9.

Which early settlers are evident on this map?

a)

Viking

b)

Anglo Norman

c)

Neolithic

d)

Early Christian

10.

Which place names are evidence of Viking settlers?

a)

Dun laoghaire

b)

Carlingford

c)

Wicklow

d)

Dublin

11.

Where were the first towns in Ireland developed?

a)

500 AD

b)

800 AD

c)

1000 AD

d)

2000 AD

12.

The Patron Saint of Ireland and the man credited with brining Christianity to the Irish.

a)

St. Bridget

b)

St. Patrick

c)

St. Brendan

d)

St. Kevin

13.
The Ulster Plantation began in ___________.
a)
1500
b)
1601
c)
1607
d)
`1609
14.
Which English monarch carried out the Munster plantation?
a)
King Henry VIII
b)
Queen Mary
c)
Queen Elizabeth
d)
King James I
15.
The Laois-___________ plantation was the first plantation carried out in Ireland.
a)
Offaly
b)
Westmeath
c)
Longford
d)
Dublin