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Britain & Ireland

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What had established when the English settlers arrived in Ireland?

a)

Plantation of Dublin

b)

Plantation of Belfast

c)

Plantation of Ulster

2.

To control the power & parliament in Ireland, what law had set against the Irish Catholics?

a)

Christian law

b)

Penal law

c)

Protestant law

3.

What was this significant event that happened & inspired Irish to start to rebel against the English?

a)

Glorious Revolution

b)

English Revolution

c)

French Revolution

4.

What were the Irish protested?

a)

allowed Catholics to become lawyer

b)

treated Catholics fair as Protestants

c)

Irish parliament free from English interference

d)

exiled the English & Protestants out of Ireland

5.

William Pitt, British Prime Minister allowed Catholics to sit in England parliament, but in one condition, which was:

a)

accepted the Act of Union

b)

accepted the Union of Ireland

c)

accepted the Union of Anglo-Irish

6.

Ireland suffered a serious famine in 1845 til 1849. What happened to their potatoes?

a)

destroyed by the disease called 'blight'

b)

destroyed by the disease called 'blime'

c)

destroyed by the disease called 'blume'

7.

What was the law that passed by Prime Minister Peel to help Irish during famine?

a)

wheat law

b)

barley law

c)

corn law

8.

There were a lot of Irish emigrated. Which countries they emigrated to?

a)

USA, Mexico, Brazil

b)

Australia, New Zealand

c)

Canada, Alaska, Greenland

d)

Canada, USA, Australia

9.

What were the reasons that Irish emigrated?

a)

look for better life

b)

look for job opportunities

c)

increasing taxes & declining profits

10.

The ships that transported the Irish were known as 'coffin ships', why was that?

a)

the ships were shaped like coffin

b)

conditions in ship were horrible

c)

passengers had diseases & made others fell sick too