WorksheetsAncient Ireland Revision Quiz
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins
The time before written history is called ______________.
Prehistory
Paleolithic Period
Mesolithic Period
Neolithic Period
_____________________ are different from fossils because they are items that are made by humans.
Technology
Artefacts
Migration
Nomad
The ____________________ period is also called the Middle Stone Age. It refers to the time before the Neolithic period and the time after the paleolithic period.
Mesolithic Period
Neolithic Period
Paleolithic Period
Prehistory
Which stone was best for making tools?
Flint
Granite
Sandstone
Chalk
What were the primary occupations of people during the Mesolithic Era?
Hunters & Gatherers
Toolmakers
Farmers
________________________ hunted animals and gathered berries, vegetables, and other items for their food source.
Artefacts
Domestication
Agriculture
Hunter/Gatherer
Burying people with object (food, weapons, tools) proved that Neolithic people believed in ...
Death
Afterlife
Family bonds
Hunting and Gathering
Raising animals to use or eat, such as pigs, cows, and chickens is called ___________________________.
Domestication
Migration
Hunter/Gatherer
Archaeology
The Bronze Age in Ireland was between
7000BC and 5000BC
500 BC and 500 AD
4000 BC and 2000 BC
2000 BC and 500 BC
Bronze is an alloy of ......
iron and tin
gold and copper
silver and tin
copper and tin
What were the big changes by the Bronze Age? Hint - there is more than one answer!
People were now farmers, growing food
They kept animals like cows and goats
They lived in villages
They wrote books about their life
They wove cloth to make clothes
The name given to Bronze age people who made pots and cups from Bronze was
Bronze cup people
Beaker people
Pottery people
Mesolithic people
Smiths worked with bronze to make tools, weapons and jewellery
True
False
Which of the following 2 graves were Bronze Age graves
Cist Tomb
Passage Tombs
Dolmens
Wedge Tomb
Bronze Age people used Fulacht Fiadh to cook food
True
False
Identify the harvesting tool, used in farming.
plow
sickle
axe
The Iron Age is the period after the ______________.
Stone Age
Bronze Age
Copper Age
The warrior people who lived in Europe in the Iron Age were known as _______________.
Celts
Gaelic
Romans
Welsh
The Celts lived around the same time as...
the dinosaurs
the Victorians
the Romans
woolly mammoths
Who were the Celtic priests?
the druids
the nobles
the slaves
the freemen farmers
Which 2 are Celtic houses?
Portal Dolmen
Crannog
Ringfort
Wedge Tomb
Fences, ditches and walls around Celtic houses tells us that:
Celtic people were very private people
Celtic people needed to defend their house
Celtic people did not build communities
Celtic people were very skilled
What was the Celtic alphabet known as?
Latin alphabet
Celtic alphabet
Ugham
Ogham
What was the Celtic style of art known as?
La Tene
La Bene
Ta Lene
Celtic
Celtic society was very civilised. The (a) were the noble, skilled people.
What is this?
(a)
What is this? (Answer is not Newgrange)
(a)
What is this?
(a)
What is this?
(a)
What is this?
(a)
What is this?
(a)
What is this?
(a)
