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- 1. Multiple Choice
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
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is a source?
A human-made object that tells us about the past
An account of someones life
To see something in a new or different light
Something that gives us information or evidence about a person, place or thing in the past.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Historical Consciousness is
being able to place ourselves in past human experience, linking the past, the present and the future.
someone who is an expert in their field of history
when you do not fall unconscious studying history
when more than one source is used to check if something is correct
- 4. Multiple Choice
An artefact is
an account of someone's life
any human made object: such as pottery, a tool etc.
when an object is preserved
a tactile source, or physical object.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Accuracy is
judging how correct the information you are using is
when something is made out to be better than it is
putting events into the sequence in which they happened
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is bias?
When something is represented as better than it is
When an account is not balanced, but unfairly favours one side
To see something in a new light
To refer to something you have gathered or read
- 7. Multiple Choice
Plagiarism is
When you write an essay based around history
Passing off someone else's work or ideas as your own, without citing the real source
Giving full credit to the writer of an article
An official survey of a population
- 8. Multiple Choice
Propaganda is
Information/image designed to influence the attitudes of the public.
The study of the remains left by people in the past
A place that collects and displays objects for education
Another word for studying the past
- 9. Multiple ChoiceAn area where archaeologist dig things up from the past is calledsitewashholelaboratory
- 10. Multiple Choice
Archaeology is
The study of remains left by people in the past
The ruins of an old building
Finding something on a dig
Getting planning permission to build a new road
- 11. Multiple Choice
A test trench is
Where soldiers fought during WW1
A sample hole dug to see if there is anything of interest
The top layer of the soil
- 12. Multiple Choice
This is used to ensure nothing is thrown away in the soil and catches even the smallest of artefacts
A trowel
A brush
A sieve
A laboratory
- 13. Multiple Choice
Select all the ways that something can be preserved
In extreme heat
In airless conditions
When it is left exposed
In peat bogs
- 14. Multiple Choice
If something is very old it will contain
A lot of carbon
A small amount of carbon
- 15. Multiple Choice
Explain what dendrochronology is
Dating an object based on how deep it is in the ground
Dating an object based on how much carbon is left in it
Counting the tree rings to determine the age of a tree
Books/Websites etc. that contain historical information
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is a beehive hut?
A corbelled stone hut where monks lived
Illuminated manuscript printed on animal skins
A hut where monks would keep their beehives
A monastery founded by St. Ciaran
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is stratigraphy
Method of dating something based on how deep it is buried
To uncover while digging
Religious community where monks live and work
Analysing pollen to assess how old something is
- 18. Multiple Choice
What was the purpose of a round tower
Books/websites etc that contain useful information
A religious community where monks live and work
A tall building in a monastery used for defence.
A corbelled stone hut where monks lived
- 19. Multiple Choice
What is a manuscript?
Celtic priests
Someone who believed in many gods
A handwritten or typed piece of writing
- 20. Multiple Choice
Explain Radio Carbon dating (Carbon 14 Dating)
Counting tree rings to determine the age of a tree
Dating an object by measuring the amount of carbon 14 is left
Dating an object based on how deep it is in the ground
- 21. Multiple Choice
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
- 22. Multiple Choice
Who were the druids
A monk who copies manuscripts
A Celtic Priest
A missionary sent to Ireland
A Christian
- 23. Multiple Choice
What is a pagan?
The head of a monastery
Someone who believed in many gods, often with a focus on nature
Group who came to Ireland from Central Europe
A manuscript writer
- 24. Multiple Choice
Who was St. Patrick?
A monk who came to spread Christianity in Ireland around 432AD
A missionary from the Aran Islands
A monastery founded by St. Ciaran
- 25. Multiple Choice
Who was Palladius?
A monastery founded by St. Ciaran
A missionary sent to Ireland in 431 AD
A missionary who founded a monastery in Iona
A monk who spread Christianity in Ireland
- 26. Multiple Choice
What were the Dark Ages?
The period before electricity
A period of war before WW1
A period of war and turmoil after fall of Roman Empire across Europe
- 27. Multiple Choice
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
- 28. Multiple Choice
St. Colmcille founded a monastery in (Book of Kells was made here)
Kells
Iona
Dublin
Kerry
- 29. Multiple Choice
Where did the Vikings originally come from?
England
Ancient Rome
Scotland
Scandinavia
- 30. Multiple Choice
What were the Vikings ships called?
Ferries
Sailboats
Longships
Canoes
- 31. Multiple Choice
What were Viking homes made from? (Wood Quay)
Bricks
Concrete
Wood
Wattle & Daub
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