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1A1 Year History
The Work of Historians and Archaeologists, Early Ireland, Ancient Rome...et al
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Give two ways in which an archaeologist decides where to excavate. | Research Archaeology, Rescue Archaeology OR by accident |
| What new skill did Neolithic people bring to Ireland? | Farming |
| P_____________ is when information or rumours are spread to influence people’s views. | Propaganda |
| What do the letters AD stand for? | Anno Domini |
| What do the letters BC stand for? | Before Christ |
| Explain the words ‘megalithic monument’. | mega = large, lith = stone Large Stone Monuments |
| W_____________ and D___________ was a method of making walls in Neolithic huts by placing mud over a woven wall. | Wattle and Daub |
| What does the word ‘Mesolithic’ mean? | Middle Stone Age |
| What is a primary source? | A source that comes directly from the past |
| How did the people in the Mesolithic period get their food? What do we call them as a result? | They hunted animals and gathered nuts, berries, etc. We call them hunter-gatherers |
| What does the word ‘Neolithic’ mean? | New Stone Age |
| Bronze Age people buried their dead in C_________________ graves and W_____________________ tombs. | Cist and Wedge |
| Why were druids so important in Celtic society? | They organised religious ceremonies and offered sacrifices to the gods. |
| What was the tuath and who ruled over it? | It was the land the Celts lived on and it was ruled over by the Rí. |
| What is a fulacht fiadh? | A Bronze Age cooking device which a pit, hot stones and water are used to cook meat. |
| S_____________________, Imbolc, B________________________ and L________________________ were the most important religious festivals held by the Celts. | Samhain, Bealtaine and Lughnasa |
| Who were the Aos Dána? | They were the learned and skilled people of the Celtic time. |
| What was the role of women in Celtic society? | Noble women held important position Most had little influence and spent time cooking, spinning, weaving, etc |
| Name the settlers who came to Ireland around 500 B.C. What new metal did they bring? | Celts Iron |
| List two out of four different kinds of places where the Celts lived. | Raths/Cashels, Crannógs, Hillforts and Promontory Forts |
| Newgrange is Neolithic megalithic monument, but what type of megalithic monument is it? | Passage Tomb |
| What sort of government is a republic? | A government that could be elected by its citizens |
| What was the tithe? | Is one-tenth of the peasants crops paid to the priest |
| Who could become a member of a Roman legion? | Roman citizens |
| Name two barbarian tribes that invaded the Roman Empire. | Angles, Saxons, Franks, Vandals and Goths |
| What were insulae? | The Ancient Rome version of blocks of flats |
| What was the official dress of a Roman citizen? | A Toga |
| C____________________ was started about AD 30 by a man called J______________. | Christianity and Jesus |
| What did the bailiff do in the village? | He looked after the rent, taxes, law and order of the Medieval village |
| What were freemen and serfs? | Serf = belonged to the lord and farmed his land Freeman = paid rent and taxes to the lord but could travel as he pleased |
| Who were the patricians? | Rich Romans |
| Who were the plebeians? | Poor Romans |
| Name two Roman gods and say what each of them looked after. | Jupiter = father of the gods Venus = goddess of love Mars = god of war Lares = household gods |
| Why did Romans put coins in the eyes of their dead? | To pay for their fare to the next world |
| Romans loved to watch fights between gladiators. The fights were held in the C___________________, which was near the F_________________. | Colosseum, Forum |
| What was dole? | Handouts of bread provided by the government |
| Name two types of people who could be vassals to the king. | Earl, Count, Bishop and Abbots |
| List two ways in which the Romans still influence us today. | Alphabet, Language, Calendar, Latin names, Laws and Engineering |
| List two ways an enemy might try to capture a castle. | Battering Ram, Catapults, Ballista, Siege Towers/Ladders, Tunnels |
| People believed that a dead person’s spirit was rowed across a mystical river call the S____________ to the next world. | Styx |
| There were three features of a Romanesque church, name two. | Round arches, Dark interiors, Thick and round columns |
| What was the curfew? | The time when all fires had to be out |
| Which style of church developed in Europe around 1000 A.D.? | Gothic |
| How was the lord of the castle educated? | By the priest |
| What disease appeared in 1347? | The Black Death (Bubonic plague) |
| A C____________________ was a legal document in which the king agreed to let a town run its own affairs. | Charter |
| Name two of the three stages a boy would go through to become a knight. | Page, Squire and Knight |
| The monks’ day begins at three o’clock; they get out of bed to sing M___________ (morning prayers) in the church. | Matins |
| Patrons Cosimo and Lorenzo share the same surname, what was it? | De Medici |
| What is a fresco? | A picture painted directly onto wall/wet plaster |
| During the Renaissance books started to be written in the vernacular, what does vernacular mean? | The local language |
| Andreas Vesalius is associated with the: skeleton OR blood circulation? | Blood circulation |
| List two reasons why the Renaissance began in Italy. | Roman empire, Greek scholars, Wealthy merchants, New ideas & Independent states |
| S___________________ is where you add shading to picture. | Sfumato |
| Copernicus believed that the Earth rotated around the Sun, who proved that his theory was right? | Galileo Galilei |
| What is movable type? | Small metal letters used over and over to make new words. |
| What new development allowed to add depth to a picture? | Perspective |