Mesolithic – Revision Questions
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Name a Mesolithic settlement discovered by archaeologists in Ireland.
What did archaeologists discover about Mesolithic people from this site?
What did Mesolithic people use to make tools?
Why are Mesolithic people called Hunter-Gatherers?
Give examples of the food eaten by Mesolithic people.
Neolithic – Revision Questions
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How were Neolithic tools different than in The Mesolithic Period?
Give 2 examples of Neolithic settlements discovered by archaeologists in Ireland.
What did archaeologists learn about Neolithic people from this site?
What was different to the Mesolithic period about the way Neolithic people got their
food?
5. Name and describe 3 examples of Neolithic tombs.
6. Describe what archaeologists think Neolithic people looked like.
The Bronze Age – Revision Questions
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Why did Bronze replace stone in the making of weapons and tools?
What two metals are used to make bronze?
Explain how bronze is made.
Give an example of a bronze age mine in Ireland.
Describe how a fulachta fiadh is used to prepare food.
Name two types of jewellery worn by bronze age people.
How did bronze age people bury their dead?
Why do archaeologists refer to bronze age people as ‘beaker folk’
The Iron Age & The Celts – Revision Questions
1. Give 3 examples of sources we use to learn about the Celts.
2. What is a tuath in Celtic Ireland?
3. How was the rí chosen?
4. What did celtic warriors do during peacetime?
5. Name 2 groups that made up part of the Aos Dána
6. What did the file do?
7. What was a druid’s job in Celtic Ireland?
8. Give two examples of Celtic Gods.
9. Give one example of the jobs done by Celtic craftsmen.
10. Where did slaves come from?
11. What did the Celts use to measure a person’s wealth?
12. Give 3 examples of Celtic clothes and jewellery.
13. What were standing stones used for?
14. Where did celts pray? Explain.
15. Who were the Celts main enemies?
16. Describe 2 different types of dwelling places from Celtic Ireland.
17. What were hill forts used for?
18. What is the name given to Celtic writing that archaeologists have found on standing
stones?
Early Christian Ireland – Revision Questions
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When did Christianity come to Ireland?
Give 3 examples of Early Christian Monasteries and the Saints associated with them.
Give 3 functions of a Round Tower in Celtic Monasteries.
Give 3 examples of work done by monks in Early Christian Monasteries.
What work was done in a scriptorium?
What is a manuscript?
Describe the daily life of an Early Christian Monk.
Give 2 examples of artefacts produced in Early Christian Monasteries that have survived to the
present.
9. Who frequently attacked Early Christian Monasteries? Why did they attack?