Ms. Neville JC History
SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS Ordinary Level 2000-2014
1st Yr. Course
Archaeologist/Historian
1. Explain what is meant by the initials B.C. in the year 67 B.C. Before Christ
2. Which date is earlier, 54 B.C. or 42 A.D? 54 BC
To which century does the following date belong?
AD1825: 19th
Century
Which date is earlier, 86 B.C. or 60 A.D? 54 BC
3. Explain what the letters AD and BC mean after each of the following
dates:
44 BC and 432 AD.
BC= Before Christ AD=Anno Domini/ In the Year of Our Lord
4. Which date is earlier: 96 BC or 90 AD? 94 BC
5. What is the difference between a primary and a secondary source?
Primary source: First hand evidence.
Secondary source: Second hand evidence
6. Why do historians prefer to obtain information from more than one
source? To check its accuracy.
7. “A diary is an example of a secondary source.”
True or False?
False
8. „A birth certificate is an example of a secondary source.‟
False
9. Give one reason why the information in historical documents sometimes
can be wrong.
Deliberate lies/ Bias/ Prejudice/ Mistakes/ Transcribed wrongly, etc.
10. Explain what is meant by a primary source.
A source from the time/ first-hand information e.g. diary, letter, newspaper of
the time, autobiography
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11. The term Census refers to an official population count. True or False?
True
12. The term Prehistory refers to the time before writing was invented.
True or False?
True
13. Put an X in the box beside the correct answer below.
An Eyewitness account is an example of which type of source?
(a) Primary Source X (b) Secondary Source
14. Name two types of written sources that historians can use when finding
out about the past.
Newspapers of the time/letters/diaries
15. Name two tools used by archaeologists while working on a site.
Trowel/ bucket/ sieve/ spoon, etc.
16. Mention one place where artefacts are displayed to the public.
Museum/ Gallery/ Library/ Interpretive centre
17. Explain one of the following terms:
Bias: One-sidedness in dealing with an issue
Propaganda: Promotion of a particular political cause/Information used to
promote or damage a government, group or belief.
Museum: building in which to care for and display artefacts
18. State one way that archaeologists decide where to dig.
Aerial photographs/ Local knowledge/ Discovery of artefacts/ Ruins of
buildings, etc.
19. During an excavation, why are archaeologists very careful with objects
that they find?
Because items may be easily damaged/ fragile/ old/ valuable.
20. Name one method used by archaeologists to date objects that are
discovered.
Carbon dating/ Dendrochronology/ Stratigraphy/ Book sources/ Coins/ Pottery.
21. What special name is given to objects discovered by archaeologists?
An artefact
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22. Mention one difficulty an archaeologist might encounter while working
on a dig?
Extreme weather/ Flooding/ Accidental damage to finds/ Pressure to complete
dig in short time, etc.
Stone Age/Bronze Age
23. The first Irish people were Stone Age people. Why were they so called?
Because they made tools (such as arrowheads) out of stone.
24. The first Irish people were hunter-gatherers. What kind of food did they
eat?
What they hunted: Wild animals (wild boar, deer)/ fish etc.
What they gathered: Nuts/ berries etc.
25. From the list below, choose the name of a type of tomb from Ancient
Ireland. Quern; Portal Dolmen; Souterrain.
Portal Dolmen
26. Which one of the following is a site associated with Stone Age Ireland?
Newgrange; Jerpoint Abbey; Wood Quay.
Newgrange
27. Name one type of tomb that Stone Age people built in Ireland or name
one of those tombs.
Type: Megalithic tomb/ Dolmen/ Court cairn/ Passage tomb etc.
Name: Newgrange/ Knowth/ Poulnabrone etc.
28. Name two metals which were mixed together to make bronze.
Copper and Tin
29. Put the following periods of history in the correct order. Please start
with the earliest. Iron Age; Stone Age; Bronze Age.
1Stone Age
2Bronze Age
3Iron Age
The Celts
30. In which order did the following arrive in Ireland. Please start with the
earliest. The Vikings; The Celts; The Normans.
1 The Celts
2 The Vikings
3 The Normans
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31. Mention one type of metal used by the Celts to make tools and weapons.
Iron
32. Explain these terms from Celtic Ireland:
File: A poet
Tuath: A kingdom (the land and the people)
Druid: Celtic priest/ religious leader
Bard: Poet/Musician
33. Explain the following terms relating to Celtic times in Ireland.
Fulacht Fiadh: Cooking site/method; A pit in the ground to cook food.
Ogham: Early Celtic alphabet/ stone carving or writing
Crannóg: Manmade island dwelling built by the Celts
Souterrain: Underground passageway/tunnel
Romans
34. Name one ancient civilisation outside Ireland that you have studied. Romans
35. Write down one fact about housing or burial customs from that
civilisation.
Civilisation:
Fact: Rich lived in villas/Poor lived in Insulae
Fact: Believed in many Gods/ Buried the dead with a coin to pay the Ferryman
to carry them across the river Styx into the afterlife
Early Christian Ireland/Medieval Monasteries
36. Name one work of art produced by monks in early Christian Ireland.
Book of Kells/ The Derrynaflan Chalice/ The Tara Brooch/ The High Cross of Moone
37. Name one service which early Christian monasteries in Ireland gave to
local people.
They looked after the elderly, poor and the sick. Provided education for young
boys.
38. Name a monastic site from Early Christian Ireland and the saint
associated with it.
Glendalough: St. Kevin
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39. What was the purpose of the round tower in the early Christian
monastery?
Lookout/ Security/ Storing valuables/ Bell to call the monks to prayer.
40. From the list below, choose the name of a monastic site from early
Christian Ireland: Céide Fields; Clonmacnoise; Knowth.
Clonmacnoise
41. Explain the following terms relating to a monastery in early Christian
Ireland.
Oratory: the church/where the monks prayed
Beehive Cell: where monks lived.
Scriptorium: a room where books were written / copied.
42. Explain the following terms relating to medieval monks and
monasteries:
Tonsure: Monk’s shaven head
Abbot: Head monk
Dormitory: Where the monks slept
43. Explain the following terms relating to a medieval monastery:
Cloister: Covered Walkway where the monks walked and prayed
Refectory: Room where the monks ate
Chapter House: Meeting room
Middle Ages
44. In the Middle Ages, what was a curfew?
The time of night when people had to put out their fires
45. State two dangers faced by people who lived in medieval towns.
Fire/ Disease/ Famine/ Attack/Siege, etc.
46. In the Middle Ages, what was a guild? An organisation of skilled craftsmen (or merchants) in a town.
47. During the Middle Ages, which organisation set prices and decided who
could be a craftsman?
Guild
48. In the Middle Ages, what was the Black Death?
Bubonic plague/ A disease that was spread by carried by fleas on black rats.
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49. State one fact about the training which a knight received during the
Middle Ages.
Page/ Squire/ Dubbing
50. Write down the name of one stage involved in the training of a knight in
the Middle Ages.
Page/Squire
51. During the Middle Ages, what was the name of the area around Dublin
controlled by the English? The Pale
52. Explain the following terms from the Middle Ages Abbot: Monk in charge of the monastery
Serf: Labourer/peasant who could not leave the land
Page: A young man in training to become a knight
53. Who were the first people to build castles in Ireland?
Put an X in the box beside the correct answer below.
(a) The Celts (b) The Vikings (c) The Normans X
54. What is meant by a motte and bailey castle?
Motte is a mound and a Bailey is an outer castle wall or enclosed court
An early Norman castle
55. During the Middle Ages, in which part of the castle did the lord and
lady live?
The Keep
56. Why did the Normans change from building castles in wood to building
castles in stone?
Stone castle more secure/ less danger from fires, etc.
57. Name one defensive feature of a medieval town.
Wall/ gate etc.
58. Explain one way that soldiers might have tried to capture a castle
during the Middle Ages.
Siege Tower, Giant catapults, Ballista, Digging a tunnel under the walls/
Battering Ram
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59. Describe the following features of a medieval castle: Portcullis: Strong heavy spiked gate sliding up and down to block gateway
Drawbridge: Hinged bridge which raised to stop traffic crossing
Moat: A deep ditch around castle usually filled with water Turret: Roof of the keep
60. In relation to the Middle Ages, what were the terms Gothic and
Romanesque used to describe?
Architecture
61. Name one stage in the training of a craftsperson during the Middle
Ages. Apprentice/Journeyman/ Master Craftsman
62. Explain the following terms relating to the Middle Ages.
Stocks: Used to punish criminals.
Charter: A document giving cities control of their own affairs/
Jousting: Knights on horseback attacking each other with lances.
63. Mention two ways in which the Normans made an impact on Irish life.
Introduction of the French/English language
The introduction of castles
New methods of warfare
New surnames
New towns
64. Give one reason why beautiful cathedrals were built during the Middle
Ages.
To show how wealthy the town was/To show how important religion was in
their lives.
Renaissance
65. In the Renaissance, what was a patron? A wealthy person who sponsored the work of artists.
66. Name one Renaissance painter and one of that painter‟s works. Painter: Leonardo da Vinci
Painting: Mona Lisa
67. Name one Renaissance writer and one of that writer‟s works.
Writer: William Shakespeare
Work: Romeo and Juliet
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68. Explain the following terms relating to Renaissance Art
Fresco was a painting done on wet plaster.
Sfumato was a smoky technique used by da Vinci/Allowing tones or
colours to shade gradually into each other/Making subjects blend into the
background.
Perspective: Giving an impression of depth/three dimensional paintings/
It was a way of making objects in the distance look smaller.
69. Which Renaissance invention increased the supply of books, spread new
ideas and encouraged more people to read and write?
Printing (movable-type press) Johann Gutenberg
70. Give one reason why the invention of the printing press was so
important.
More books were available / Books became more affordable/
Books could now reach wider audience/ Spread of Renaissance or Reformation
ideas/ Spread of vernacular languages/ Books became cheaper / Helped more
people to read and write; etc.
71. Give one reason why the Renaissance began in Italy.
New ideas coming in from Arab/ other cultures through trade/ wealth of
patrons/ the inspiration of Roman ruins/Wealth of city states/ fall of
Constantinople/ patronage, etc.
72. Name one northern European artist from the Renaissance and one fact
about his or her life.
Artist: Pieter Bruegal
Fact: He painted Gloomy Day/Children‟s Games
73. Name one Renaissance sculptor and one of that sculptor‟s works.
Sculptor: Michelangelo
Work: Statue of David
74. Renaissance artists usually had patrons. What was a patron?
Someone who gave financial support or sponsorship to artist
75. Name one patron of artists during the Renaissance.
Lorenzo de Medici / Cosimo de Medici / The Pope / Pope Julius II / Pope Leo X
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76. Mention one scientific or medical discovery made during the
Renaissance.
Sun at centre of universe/ heart pumps blood around the body/ Greater
knowledge of the solar system / The Earth revolved around the Sun / The use of
experiments to develop and test theories / Telescope / Greater knowledge of
anatomy / Earth is round/ etc.
2nd
Yr.
Exploration
1. Give one reason why Europeans became interested in exploration during
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
To discover new lands/ To spread Christianity/To become wealthier.
2.Name one explorer and one place or route discovered by that explorer.
Explorer: Christopher Columbus
Discovery: Cuba/Hispaniola (Haiti)/America
Explorer: Vasco da Gama
Discovery: Calicut, India
Explorer: Ferdinand Magellan
Discovery: Sailed around the world
3. During the Age of Exploration, give one reason why sailors were afraid
to travel too far from shore. Give one reason why sea travel was so
dangerous during the Age of Exploration.
Fear of deep-sea monsters/ Fear of running out of food and water/ Fear of
falling ill too far from shore/ Fear of falling off the edge of the world, Attacks
by natives/ Scurvy or Shortage of fresh fruit
4. Give one reason why spices were important in the Middle Ages.
Kept food fresh/ made it taste nicer/ very valuable/medicinal purposes.
5. During the Age of Exploration, what was a Caravel?
Ship which was clinker built with lateen sails.
6. Which of the following instruments used by sailors during the Age of
Exploration measured the speed of the ship?
Log and line; Compass; Quadrant.
Log and line
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7. During the Age of Exploration, explain what the following was used for:
Compass; Know what direction you were travelling
Astrolabe: Give your location in relation to the North Star
Log and Line: Measured speed of ship
Give one major fact about the following people:
Henry the Navigator: Set up school for sailing in Portugal
Columbus: Discovered America
Magellan: Led the first round-the-world voyage
8. Give one reason sea travel was easier in 1550 than it had been in 1300?
Caravel was a better ship/ More accurate navigation/ Europeans had bases
abroad by 1550/ The fear of the unknown was no longer there, etc.
Reformation
9. Explain what is meant by the term Reformation.
An effort to reform the Catholic Church/ creation of new Protestant religions
etc.
10. Name one abuse which was present in the Catholic Church before the
Reformation.
Simony/ Nepotism/ Pluralism/ Absenteeism/ Sale of indulgences, etc.
11. Give two reasons why reformers wished to reform the Catholic Church
during the sixteenth century.
All the abuses that were present (Nepotism/Pluralism/Simony/Clerical
absenteeism) Corrupt popes.
12. Name one religious reformer whom you have studied and the city or
country associated with him.
Reformer: Martin Luther
City or country: Germany
Reformer: Jean Calvin
City or country: Geneva in Switzerland.
13. Explain the following terms from the history of the Reformation:
95 Theses: A set of religious arguments (or complaints against the RC Church)
put forward by Luther
Papal Bull: Formal speech/statement/letter to the people from the Pope
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Predestination: Belief that God has decided our destiny in advance/ Belief that
some of us will be saved and others will not. Belief put forward by Calvin.
14. Name one religious reformer whom you have studied and mention one
of his teachings.
Reformer: Martin Luther
Teachings: Justification in Faith alone
Plantations
15. Name one area of Ireland where a plantation occurred and the ruler
who carried it out.
Plantation: Ulster Laois/Offaly Munster Cromwellian
Ruler: King James 1 Queen Mary Queen Elizabeth Oliver Cromwell
16. Why did the plantations occur? To bring Ireland more under English rule/ To reward loyal English or Scottish
subjects, etc.
17. Who received land under the plantations?
Undertakers/ Servitors/ Soldiers/ Trusted Irish/ Members of London guilds.
18. What impact did the plantations have on Ireland? Spread English language and culture/ Brought country more under English
rule/Plantation towns were planned and orderly, etc.
Revolutions
19. In the case of America or France or Ireland in the eighteenth century,
give one reason why a revolution happened.
Country: America
Reason: High taxes placed on the people by the English government.
20. Name a major effect of one of revolution in America or France or
Ireland in the eighteenth century.
Country: America
Effect: Became an independent country governed by its own people.
21. Give one reason why revolution broke out in America or France or
Ireland in the 18th
century.
People were unhappy with the system of government.
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22. Explain the following terms from the Age of Revolutions:
Boston Tea Party: A protest against British taxes/ Americans throwing tea into
Boston Harbour, etc.
Guillotine: A method of execution used in France.
United Irishmen: Revolutionary organisation in Ireland etc.
23. In relation to one of the revolutions in America or France or Ireland
during the eighteenth century, name a leader of that revolution and one of
his aims.
Leader: George Washington
Aim: To get independence for the American colonists from British rule.
24. In relation to one of the revolutions in America or France or Ireland in
the eighteenth century, name a leader of that revolution and an event
associated with that revolution.
Leader: George Washington
Event: Battle of Yorktown
25. Give one reason why the revolution America or France or Ireland
succeeded or failed during the period 1770-1815
American Revolution was a success- the Americans had the help of the French
and also local knowledge of the area
26. Put the following events in the correct order. Please start with the
earliest.
French Revolution; The 1798 Rebellion; The American War of
Independence.
1 The American War of Independence
2 French Revolution
3 The 1798 Rebellion
Agricultural/Industrial Revolution
27. Mention one change in farming that happened as a result of the
Agricultural Revolution.
Enclosure/ New farm machinery/ New farming methods/ Better crop
rotation/Better stock breeding, etc.
28. Mention one disadvantage of the Open-field system of farming in
Britain before the Agricultural Revolution.
Spread of weeds/ spread of livestock disease
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29. Mention one important development from the Agricultural revolution
and the person responsible for it?
Development: Seed drill Crop rotation Selective breeding
Person: Jethro Tull Charles Townshend Robert Bakewell
30. How did the development of the following increase the amount of food
which farmers could produce during the Agricultural Revolution?
Seed drill: More efficient sewing led to better-value crop yield from seed
Crop rotation: No fallow year meant greater land use and greater crop yield
Selective breeding: Animals were bred to give better yield of meat and/or milk
31. Give one reason why there was an Industrial Revolution in Britain.
Britain had cheap raw materials / Ready market for finished products across its
Empire / Britain had supplies of coal / She had large reserves of iron / Rapidly
increasing population provided workers and customers / Britain had many
wealthy merchants who were willing to invest in businesses / The inventors
were British
32. Name one method of transport that was developed during the Industrial
Revolution.
Canal barges/ Steamships/ Locomotives, etc.
33. Why was steam power so important to the success of Britain during the
Industrial Revolution?
It speeded up the production and transport of goods/ Steam power in factories or
mines/ Steamships/ Locomotives, etc.
34. Mention one invention during the Industrial Revolution and give one
reason why this invention was important.
Invention: The Rocket
Importance: Steam locomotive that carried people and goods
35. Mention one fact about housing conditions for workers in towns in
Britain during the Industrial Revolution.
People lived in very cramped conditions/Families live in one room in
tenements/ Disease spread quickly/No running water
36. Put an X in the box beside the correct answer below.
The following person was an important inventor during the Industrial
Revolution in Britain:
a. Johann Gutenberg
b. James Watt X
c. Henry Grattan
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37. Mention one fact about diet or health among workers in towns in
Britain during the Industrial Revolution.
Food consisted of bread, cheese, porridge and potatoes. Disease was rampant-
typhoid was the most common disease/Very few survived to 40 years of age.
38. Name one important development from the Industrial Revolution and
the person responsible for it.
Invention: Steam Engine Power loom Spinning Jenny
Person: James Watt Edward Cartwright James Hargreaves
39. Explain why the 1830s and 1840s in Britain is sometimes known as the
railway age.
Invention of steam train/ popular way to travel or transport goods/ spread of the
railway network
The Famine
40. Why were Irish people in such fear of living in the Workhouse?
Because of the dire conditions inside/ Because those who went in mostly never
came out again, spread of diseases.
41. Explain the following terms in relation to the famine:
Blight: disease which caused potato failure
Coffin ship: an emigrant ship where many passengers died of disease
Soup kitchen: a place where soup was served to the poor
Eviction: People thrown off their land or out of their house for failing to pay
rent.
Charity: Help given to the locals in the form of soup kitchens etc.
Relief Works: Public work schemes which gave poor people chance to earn
money
42. Give one reason why so many people died during the Great Famine
(1845-1850). So many depended on the potato for food and when the crop failed they starved.
43. Mention two ways in which the Irish Famine of the 1840s had an impact
on Ireland.
It reduced the population (through hunger/ disease/ emigration)
The decline of the Irish language.
Changes in agriculture- move away from tillage to cattle.
End to subdivision-now the eldest son inherited the farm.
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3rd
Yr. Irish History
1. Give one reason why Unionists wanted Ireland to remain part of the
United Kingdom.
Fear of Catholic Church
Economic ties to Britain
Love of the Empire
Anti-Catholicism
Loyal to King
2. Name one important figure during the Easter Rising 1916 Padraig Pearse
3. Write down one fact about the 1916 Easter Rising
It failed before it had even began. /Restricted to Dublin/ Outnumbered by
British troops.
4. Write down the name of one important leader during the struggle for
independence in Ireland 1912-1922.
Redmond / Dillon / Pearse / Connolly / Clarke / Griffith / Collins / de Valera
5. Explain the following terms from the Irish War of Independence
Flying column: IRA active service units
Auxiliaries: Force of ex-British officers sent to fight the IRA
The Squad: Collins’ unit for dealing with British agents
6. Write down one fact about the War of Independence in Ireland, 1919-
1921
War between the Irish and the English/ Irish used guerrilla warfare-hit and run
tactics/ British sent over troops-Black and Tans and Auxiliaries.
7. A major change in housing that occurred in twentieth-century Ireland. Quality of housing improved/ Social housing provided for those who couldn’t
afford their own homes.
8. Name one major change in the lives of women in Ireland during the
twentieth century.
Women could vote
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9. Mention one way in which World War Two had an impact on Irish life.
Ireland remained neutral/ Rationing was introduced as food was in short supply
10. Give the names of two Presidents of Ireland between 1938 and 1985.
Hyde/ Ó Ceallaigh/ de Valera/ Childers/ Ó Dálaigh/ Hillery
11. Mention one major change in farming in Ireland since 1945.
More machinery/ Less farmers/ CAP, etc.
12. Name one major change in the lives of women in Ireland since 1945
More women going out to work/ more now in senior positions/ labour-saving
appliances in the home
13. Write down the name of one female government minister in Ireland
since 1922.
Markievicz, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, Mary O’Rourke, Joan Burton, Avril
Doyle, Mary Harney, Mary Coughlan, Mary Hanafin,
14. Mention one change in working life in Ireland since 1945.
Working hours reduced/8 hour working day was common/People entitled to 28
days holidays a year.
15. Write down one fact about Ireland during the Emergency, 1939-1945.
Ireland remained neutral during the war/Rationing was introduced
16. Mention one change in education in Ireland since 1922.
Free secondary education was introduced in the 1960’s by Donough O’Malley.
17. Mention one change in transport since 1945.
More cars/ LUAS/ DART, etc.
18. Write down the names of two leaders of the Fianna Fáil party since
1932.
De Valera/ Lemass/ Lynch/ Haughey/ Reynolds/ Ahern Any TWO
19. Mention one major change in rural life since 1945.
Tractors and other machines reduced the need for labour/Less people live in
rural areas/Many people who live in rural areas work in nearby towns and cities.
20. Write down the name of one political figure in Ireland after 1945.
Eamon De Valera / Garret Fitzgerald / Charles Haughey / Jack Lynch / Mary
Robinson / Mary MacAleese / Bertie Ahern; etc.
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21. Name one important Irish female politician of the twentieth century
Markievicz/ Robinson/McAleese/ Burton
22. Mention one major change in communications in Ireland since 1945.
People e-mailing and texting rather than writing letters/Phones became more
common
23. Name one political leader in Northern Ireland since 1920 Sir James Craig/Terence O’Neill
European History
1.From your study of International Relations in the Twentieth Century, give
one reason why Fascism or Nazism were popular between 1922 and 1939. Fear of communism/ weak democracies/ unhappiness with the Treaty of
Versailles/ hatred of Jews/ Wall Street Crash etc.
2. From your study of International Relations in the Twentieth Century,
mention one historic event which has happened since the end of World War
One.
Treaty of Versailles/World War Two/Cold War
3.From your study of International Relations in the Twentieth Century, give
one reason why World War II broke out in 1939. Unhappiness with Versailles settlement/ German desire to expand/
Appeasement/Weakness of League of Nations,
4.From your study of International Relations in the Twentieth Century,
mention one historic event which followed from World War Two.
The rise of the Superpowers (The Cold War), 1945-1992
5.Name one important political leader, outside of Ireland, from the period
1945-1989 and the country he/she was involved with.
Leader: John F Kennedy
Country: USA
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6. Name one leader from International Relations in the Twentieth Century
and one of that leader‟s achievements.
Leader: John F Kennedy
Achievement: Forced the Russians to withdraw their missiles from Cuba.
7. Write down the name of one government leader which you learned about
in your study of International Relations in the Twentieth Century.
John F Kennedy
8. Explain the following terms
Civil War: a war between citizens of the same country
Democracy: where people rule their country by electing representatives 6M
9. Explain the following terms from International Relations in the Twentieth
Century::
Blitzkrieg: Lightning warfare
Cold War: A conflict between communism and democracy/ A conflict which,
although deep, never broke into open battle
10. Explain these terms:
Dictator: a ruler with total power such as Hitler or Stalin
Superpower: a country of supreme power or importance such as USA and once
the USSR
Common Market: The EEC/ European Union/ European Community
Empire: A group of countries under the rule of on emperor/empress
11. Explain the following terms relating to International Relations in the
Twentieth Century:
Decolonisation: withdrawing from colonies leaving them independent
Schuman Plan: proposal to pool French and German coal and steel industries
OR set up European Coal & Steel Community, and later EEC.
12. Explain the following terms relating to International Relations in the
Twentieth Century.
Holocaust: Mass murder of Jews/ The Final Solution
Colony: Country taken over and run by another
Nazi party: A party set up and controlled by Hitler
Soviet Union: Another name for Russia ruled by Stalin
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13. Write down one major event that you studied in International Relations
in the Twentieth Century and give one reason why this event was
important.
Event: Cuban Missile Crisis
Importance: End of the Cold War between Russia and America
14. From your study of International Relations in the Twentieth Century,
explain one of the following terms:
Fascism: Belief in a strong ruler or dictator who will bring order and
control/ Extreme nationalism/ Anti communist
Colonialism: A system whereby one country controls another country
Propaganda: Promotion of a particular political cause/Information used
to promote or damage a government, group or belief.
Civil Rights: The rights of citizens to freedom and equality
Censorship: Deletion or change of material which is to be published
Revolution: Overthrow of a government by force/ Total turn-around
Name one important political leader outside of Ireland from the period
1922-1989 and the country which he or she led
Country: Germany Leader: Hitler,
Country: USA Leader: John F Kennedy
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