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The Plantation of Ireland - England’s Reasons

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How was Ireland different from England in the 1500s?

a)

They practiced a different religion (Catholic)

b)

They spoke a different language (Gaelic)

c)

They had their own customs and traditions

d)

All of the above

2.

Who was the leader of the Irish chieftains who fought the English crown?

a)

Hugh O’Neill

b)

Queen Elizabeth

c)

Henry VIII

d)

Emma E

3.

Who was Ireland’s traditional ally in 1500s?

a)

England

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Switzerland

d)

Catholic Spain

4.

Hugh O’Neill fought Elizabeth I in the _____ Years War.

a)

101

b)

9

c)

Sheep

d)

17

5.

O’Neills Irish army destroyed English forces at the Yellow Ford in Armagh. However he suffered a catastrophic defeat outside Cork at?

a)

Kerry

b)

Clare

c)

Kinsale

d)

Riley’s pad

6.

How did the English try to change the Irish in order to rule them?

a)

Forced them to change their language

b)

Forced them to change their religion

c)

Forced them to change their laws and customs

d)

All of the above

7.

The English stronghold in Ireland was based around the greater Dublin area, known as the __________.

a)

Pail

b)

Pale

8.

The word ‘Pale’ derives from the Latin for?

a)

Sick

b)

Fence

c)

White

9.

The English treated Ireland as a ___________.

a)

Carrot

b)

Colony

c)

Cucumber

d)

Chris Columbus

10.

When you deliberately settle people in another country this is known as a colony or a ___________________.

a)

Plantation

b)

Empire

c)

Big Jim