WorksheetsIRELAND1-2 3A
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
CH1: What is the official language of Ireland?
a)
Irish
b)
Irish Gaelic
c)
English
d)
English Gaelic
2.
CH1: Complete: "Around 700 BC, people called _____________ came to the island"
a)
The Vikings
b)
The Celts
c)
The Roman
d)
The Spanish
3.
CH1: Tick the TWO right answers about St. Patrick:
a)
He was from Ireland
b)
He was from the UK and he was captured by pirates
c)
He heard voices from God
d)
He usually wore green clothes
4.
CH1: Who were the first in landing into Ireland?
a)
The Vikings
b)
The Celts
5.
CH1: Which English King sent Protestant English farmers to Ireland to take the land from Catholic farmers?
a)
James II
b)
James I
c)
Richard I
d)
Richard II
6.
CH1: "The real trouble came in 1801 when the British Parliament abolished the Irish Parliament and governed Ireland themselves"
a)
True
b)
False
7.
CH2: The main crop in Ireland was...
a)
tomatoes
b)
potatoes
c)
corn
d)
cotton
8.
CH2: How many ships with food left Ireland each day for places around the world?
a)
Four
b)
Six
c)
Seven
d)
Eight
9.
CH2: What disaster happened related tho the potato crop in 1845 and 1846?
a)
A fungus infected the potato crop
b)
The rain destroyed the potato crop
c)
A bacteria infected the potato crop
d)
The UK army destroyed the potato crop
10.
CH2: More than 1 million people died from...
a)
a virus
b)
starvation (they do not have food)
c)
a natural disaster
d)
infected water
11.
What is the name of the boy who is travelling to Dublin? write your answer
(a)
12.
CH2: Tick the correct sentence
a)
The English were landowners and the Irish were farm workers
b)
The Irish were landowner and the Irish were farm workers
13.
CH2: What did the British government do to help Irish people with the Potato Famine?
a)
British government sent a lot of food to Irish people
b)
British government sent a lot of money to Irish people
c)
British government sent some corn to England, but it was not enough
14.
CH2: Complete: One of the Irish rebel leaders, Patrick Pearse, stood on the steps of the __________________ and read the Proclamation of the Republic
a)
Town Hall
b)
Main Square
c)
General Post Office
d)
Irish Theatre
15.
CH2: How many counties (condados) in Northern Ireland remained part of the UK after the war had finished in 1921?
a)
3 counties
b)
4 counties
c)
6 counties
d)
8 counties
16.
CH2: "Sinn Fein" was an organisation that wanted Ireland to...
a)
be part of the UK
b)
separate from the UK and proclame a king
c)
separate from the UK and proclame a republic
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