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Junior Cert short questions
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1
Which of the following is a secondary source
An interview
A picture
A History book
A diary entry
2
Who were the conquistadors
French resistance during the Revolution
A secret spy force in Ireland
The name of people that were against the Reformation
Spanish explorers that conquered land
3
Two inventions during the Industrial Revolution
The Spinning Jenny
The Davy lamppost
The Flying Shuttle
Crop rotation
4
This is an example of a
Wedge tomb
Passage grave
Portal dolmen
Court Cairn
5
Which leader was known as Il Duce
Lenin
Hitler
Churchill
Mussolini
6
Which was not an effect of the printing press
Increased literacy rates
Cheaper books
Improved maps
New ideas spread quickly
7
Two stages of becoming a knight are
An apprentice
A squire
A chivalry
A page
8
Two reasons unionists opposed the Home Rule Bill
World War Two was approaching
Afraid Home Rule was "Rome Rule"
Feared the Irish in power would have them killed
It would weaken the economy
9
What is the selling of indulgences
When a woman is sold for a dowry
The selling of illegal stolen artefacts
The selling of slaves from conquered lands
Paying the Church for forgiveness
10
the policy used by the Russians to destroy crops for invading German soldiers was:
Scorched earth
Burn and retreat
Operation Lion
11
This type of hairstyle was called a
Habit
Scribe
Cloister
Tonsure
12
Which was not a cause of the American Revolution
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
Influence of the French Revolution
Unfair taxes
13
A newspaper is an example of a
Secondary source
Primary source
14
Two reasons why rulers were willing to sponsor voyages during the Age of Explorations
To increase their wealth and fame
To find more living space
To discover new types of food
To spread Christianity
15
Two reasons why women were not highly involved in the Renaissance were
Their husbands often banned them from working
They were forbidden to attend university
Women could not afford art materials
Women received little formal education
16
During the Transport Revolution a Turnpike Trust was
The first type of automobile
The people who wrote the rules of the road
A new type of engine
A road toll
17
Two reasons why people were sacred to travel during the Age of Explorations
Unreliable means of communication
Afraid of sea monsters
Thought they would sail off the earth
Would never see their family again
18
What important event did not happen in Ireland in 1973?
Marriage Bar lifted
Joining EU
Rural electrification
19
This is an example of a
Bawn
Motte and Bailey
Ring Fort
Crannog
20
Two reasons why the Renaissance began in Italy
The reminders of Ancient Rome
Italians are naturally skilled artists
Schools promoted art
Rich patrons
21
Two functions of a medieval guild
To aid literacy rates
To set standards
To increase profits
To look after older members
22
Who invented the Spinning Jenny
Charles Townsend
James Hargreaves
Robert Bakewell
Jethro Tull
23
Which important event in WW2 was code named Operation Overlord?
Operation Barbarossa
Stalingrad
D-Day
Dunkirk
24
in what year did RTE begin broadcasting?
1962
1958
1961
1963
25
Which is not a member of the Celtic Aos Dana
Poets
Slaves
Judges
Druids
26
Which was not a measure adopted by Britain to help Ireland during the famine
Cheap imports of maize
The introduction of the dole
Establishment of workhouses
Public work schemes
27
The Soviet labour camps under Stalin's rule were called:
Ovra
Luftwaffe
Kulaks
Gulags
28
Two services monasteries provided to the community during Medieval times
Helped sick people
Were the local school teachers
Helped the poor
Took in orphans
29
What civilisation was conquered by Spanish conquistador, Henry Cortes
Persians
Aztecs
Incas
Mayans
30
What two leaders singed a 10 year non-aggression pact?
Hitler and Stalin
Hitler and Lenin
Hitler and Mussolini
Hitler and Chamberlain
31
Which period came first
The Neolithic period
The Mesolithic period
32
Two important advances made during the Neolithic period were
People learned how to read
People learned how to make pottery
People learned how to farm
People learned to work with dogs
33
The negotiations following the end of WW2 were called
Potsdam Conference
Yalta Conference
34
Which two are bronze age tombs
Passage grave
Portal dolmen
Wedge tomb
Cist grave
35
What was the reign of terror in France
A battle during the French Revolution
The French king's terrible reign of terror
A period of fear following the French Revolution
When Napoleon died
36
What country lost land as a result of the Munich conference?
Austria
Poland
Czechoslovakia
37
The head of a monastery was called the
Bishop
Abbot
Patriarch
Friar
38
Two terms of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty
TDs had to take an oath of allegiance to the King
Ireland had to give Britain a once off payment
Britain would have 3 naval bases in Ireland
Ireland would be ruled from Westminster
39
What were coffin ships during the Great Famine
Ships that carried Irish immigrants abroad
Ships which dumped dead bodies at the sea
Ships that exported infected potatoes
Ships that took diseased people away
40
Which is not a method used by archaeologists to date an object
Oxygen analysis
Stratigraphy
Tree ring dating
Carbon dating
41
The government established in Germany after WW1 was called:
German Workers Party
Reich stag
Wiemar
42
Two important effects of Christianity coming to Ireland
Increased education
People stopped sacrificing animals
Important monastic artworks
Everyone became Catholic
43
These are an example of a
Artefact
Manuscript
Archive
Secondary source
44
the German attack on Britain was known as
The Battle for Britain
The Battle of Britain
45
in what year was Aer Lingus established
1930
1926
1961
1936
46
In Middle times what was a serf
Peasants who belonged to a lord
A poet
A judge
The third stage of becoming a craftsman
47
A hunter- gather is a person who
Gathered their hunted food for the winter
Hunted animals and gathered fruit
48
In what year did Irish women get the right to Vote
1938
1918
1922
1921
49
Which of these countries did not attend the Treaty of Versailles talks?
Germany
Britain
USA
Italy
50
Two reasons the plantations occurred in Ireland
To make Britain rich
To kill the Irish language
To make Ireland Protestant
To gain control of Ireland