1st Year History Revision Quiz

Question 1

Where did early Irish monks live?

Accepted Answer

In a monasatery

Question 2

Who invented the printing press

Accepted Answer

Gutenberg

Question 3

What do we call a person who studies History?

Accepted Answer

Historian

Question 4

How can we measure how old an object is?

Accepted Answer

Carbon-14 Dating

Question 5

What do we call a 'rich' Roman in Ancient Roman times?

Accepted Answer

A patrician

Question 6

What do we call the period of time before written History?

Accepted Answer

Prehistory

Question 7

Animals often fought to the death in a Colosseum

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

What does 'Renaissance' mean in English?

Accepted Answer

Re-birth

Question 9

A secondary source is a direct source from that time in History

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

What do we call a person who studies the remains of the past?

Accepted Answer

An archeologist

Question 11

What was the name of the famous painted ceiling found in the Vatican during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

The Sistine Chapel

Question 12

The Mona Lisa was painted by Michelangelo

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

The 'Oath of Chivalry' was taken by who in the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Knights

Question 14

What do we call a 'poor' person who worked for a patrician in Ancient Rome?

Accepted Answer

A slave

Question 15

Which one of the following was NOT a Renaissance painter?

Accepted Answer

Monet

Question 16

What was the name of the city which was destroyed by a volcano in Ancient Rome?

Accepted Answer

Pompeii

Question 17

What terrible disease killed many people during the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Black Death

Question 18

What do we call the study of the planets & stars?

Accepted Answer

Astronomy

Question 19

The Vikings arrived to Ireland from Spain

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

Who was a famous Renaissance writer?

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare

Questions 20