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WorksheetsSeptember Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
When did Christianity come to Ireland?
2500BC
1926
431
928
The more important Celtic families had several circular banks protecting their homes and sometimes they built their homes on high ground, which were called ____________.
hillforts
monastries
beehive huts
castles
Who brought Christianity to Ireland?
St. Brendan
St. Patrick
St. Colmcille
St. Mark
The Celts in Ireland used a simple form of writing on stone called (a)
What was a tuatha?
A chieftain
A ringfort
A kingdom
A monastery
Who began to raid Irish Monasteries in 800AD?
Vikings
Normans
Celts
Chieftains
Which modern day trophy is modelled on the Ardagh Chalice?
Liam MacCarthy
Sam Maguire
FAI Cup
FIFA World Cup
Why did the Irish language decline in the 1600s?
The Vikings spread the English languge.
Irish people lost interest in the language.
British forced the Irish to speak English.
What major event further continued the decline of the Irish language?
World War II
1916 War of Independence
Irish Famine
The Cold War
When was the Irish free state founded?
1910
1922
1930
1916
What part of the brain controls movement?
Frontal Cortex
Brain Stem
Cerebellum
Parietal Lobe
Which part of the brain is responsible for vision?
Occipital Lobe
Frontal Lobe
Parietal Lobe
Temporal Lobe
What part of the brain is responsible for 'fight or flight'?
Prefrontal Cortex
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Brain Stem
Why is Brentagne the dog famous?
Found survivors during World War 1
Found survivors during World War 11
First dog to go to space
Found survivors after the twin towers collapsed
Did Laika the space dog survive her trip to space?
Yes
No
Where was Malala Yousafzai born?
Pakistan
Afghanistan
India
China
What city in the UK was Malala airlifted to after she was shot?
London
Liverpool
Manchester
Birmingham
What is the capital city of Pakistan?
New Delhi
Swat Valley
Islamabad
Palestine
Why did Marie Curie win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1911?
Her work on radioactivity
Her work on antibiotics
Her work on women's rights
Her work astronomy
Ada Lovelace is famous for being the first (a) ?
