WorksheetsThe Arrival of Christianity & monasteries in Ireland
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What tribe of people were present before Christianity?
Celts
Vikings
Monks
Who was the first missionary to come to Ireland?
St Patrick
Palladius
Michael
Monasteries were self-sufficient. This meant that they were able to
go to Tesco, Lidl and Aldi to get their own food
provide for themselves through crops, cows and farming
Was St Patrick a shepherd?
Yes he was for 6 years
No he wasn’t he was a carpenter
An area like a village in which monks lived was called a ...
Village
Monastery
Monkey village
Where did Monks sleep?
Round tower
Oratory
Refectory
Beehive hut
What were round towers used for?
Protect monks and their treasures during attack
Protect the animals during attack
What was paganism?
The belief in Jesus
The belief in many different gods
The belief in many different gods and the earth
What alphabet was used before reading and writing
Oh ham
Ogham
Rocks and caves
a spiritual figure similar to a priest in pre Christian Ireland is known as?
druid
pre-priest
God
Which of these is NOT an Early Christian monastery in Ireland?
Kells
Clonmacnoise
Swords
Glendalough
What is a beehive hut?
A corbelled stone hut where monks slept
Illuminated manuscript printed on animal skins
A hut where monks would keep their beehives
A monastery founded by St. Ciaran
What is the purpose of a scriptorium?
Religious community where monks lived and worked
The shaving of the top of a monks head
A room in a monastery for writing or copying manuscripts
A handwritten or typed piece of work
What material did monks use to create a manuscript?
Vellum
Parchment
Paper
All of the above
Answer 1 & 2
Who would use a Quill?
A Scribe
A Poet
A Monk
A King
Why did the monks leave Ireland?
Because they had no work left to do
Because they were going through difficult times with Viking attacks and left to spread Christianity
St. Patrick most likely came from where?
Scotland
Wales
England
France
Where was the first Irish monastery founded?
Glendalough
Skellig Michael
Inis Mór
Mount Sandal
What was the oratory in a monastery?
the place where guests stayed when visiting the monastery
the place where the monks ate their meals
the place where monks prayed
the room where scribes transcribed manuscripts
Prehistory refers to:
The study of the past
The period before writing was used
The study of remains left by people in the past
History before we were born
