History Quiz Ancient Ireland

What is a primary source? Give 2 examples Question 1 What is a primary source? Give 2 examples

Question 2 What comes first 30BC or 20AD

Question 3 What is dendrochronology? Testing the carbon in something to see how old it is Counting the rings on a tree to tell how old the wood is Examining pottery to find out how old things are

Question 4 What kind of megalithic monument was found at Newgrange? Dolmen Portal Court Cairn Passage Tomb

Question 5 If an archaeologist finds pollen from grass and trees what period is this from? Iron Age Neolithic Period Bronze Age Mesolithic Period

What 2 metals do we mix together to get Bronze? Question 6 What 2 metals do we mix together to get Bronze?

Question 7 What was the most important feature of a Rath/ring fort? The houses inside it The defensive wall & ditch surrounding it The area to keep the animals The beds

Question 8 Put these Ages in order starting with the earliest: Bronze Age Iron Age Stone Age

Where was a crannog built? Question 9 Where was a crannog built?

Question 10 What is an artefact?

Question 11 Give ONE difference between the Mesolithic and Neolithic people

Question 12 Explain TWO of the following: DRUID OGHAM STONES AOS DANA DERBHFINE TUATH CIST GRAVE

Round 2 Get Ready………………….

Question 1 What were round towers used for in monasteries?

Question 2 What happened in the scriptorium?

Question 3 Name a Saint and the monastery he set up in Ireland.

Question 4 Name ONE Megalithic tomb

Question 5 Name TWO buildings that you would find in a monastery.

Question 6 Give ONE thing an archaeologist does when planning a dig.

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Question 8

Give 2 things the monks did in the monastery. Question 9 Give 2 things the monks did in the monastery.

Question 10 What is a fulachta Fiadh