Christmas Test

Question 0

What is the difference between a primary and a secondary source

Answer 0

Primary sources come directly from the past

Secondary sources are evidence that comes from a later date

Question 1

What is the difference between history and prehistory

Answer 1

The prehistoric period is before writing was used

The historic period is when people used writing

Question 2

Bias

Answer 2

The source favours one side to another

Question 3

Accuracy

Answer 3

Sometimes sources can be inaccurate

Question 4

Exaggeration

Answer 4

Making an event appear more important than it really is

Question 5

Propaganda

Answer 5

This is a way of presenting information(sometimes false information) in order to influence peoples opinions

Question 6

Hunter-Gathers

Answer 6

People who get food by hunting animals and gathering nuts and berries

Question 7

Life In Neolithic Ireland

What tools and weapons did they use?

Answer 7

As well as using flint the Neolithic people used porcellanite, a tougher and heavier stone. It made very good axe-heads, which were used to cut down trees to clear the forests for farming

Question 8

Clothes

Answer 8

Most people used wool from sheep for making clothes. People discovered how to spin and weave cloth. Dyes were made from berries and plants. We know that Neolithic people wore jewellery because necklaces, made from bone, and stone pendants were found at Lough Gur.

Question 9

Pottery

Answer 9

Neolithic farmers were the first people to make pottery from clay. To make a bowl, they took a lump of wet clay and moulded it into the shape of a pot with their fists, then left them to dry and baked them in a fire. They decorated them with patterns by pressing sticks or their fingernails.

Question 10

Farming

Answer 10

Neolithic farmers built stone walls to make fences around their fields. By doing this, farmers could keep their sheep and cattle safe from attacks by wild animals, and wandering off. Cattle provided them with milk and meat, sheep with wool and meat. Farmers also grew crops such as wheat,oat and barley. A quern stone was used to grind grain into flour for bread.

Question 11

Court cairns

Answer 11

Court cairns are made of upright stones covered over with earth and stones. They were used for religious ceremonies before a burial took place.

Question 12

Dolmen

Answer 12

To make a dolmen two or three large stones are put standing upright, a very large stone called a capstone is placed on top.

Question 13

Passage tombs

Answer 13

From the outside the passage tombs look like a hill or circular mound of earth. Inside there is a long passage leading to a chamber.

Question 14

A fulacht fiadh

Answer 14

A pit where they lit and cooked their meat

Question 15

A cist grave

Answer 15

A cist was a pit in the ground lined with stone slabs where the dead lay cremated or buried

Question 16

Wedge tombs

Answer 16

Wedge tombs were built with large,flat stones. The front tomb is wider and higher than the back. People were also buried and cremated there.

Question 17

Stone circles

Answer 17

These are tall upright stones arranged in circles or rows. Some of them have human remains buried within them.

Question 18

Clonmacnoise

Answer 18

Clonmacnoise was set up by St.Ciarán in AD 545 and is on the Shannon.

Question 19

Manuscripts

Answer 19

Manuscripts are books that had to be copied by hand. The manuscripts were made by scribes who worked in a scriptorium. The scribes wrote on vellum or parchment. For pens they used quills dipped in ink made from plants and powdered rocks

Question 20

How do we know about the romans

Answer 20

We know about the romans because archaeologists have dug up many places where the Romans lived. And the Romans wrote many stories, histories,plays and other books, so it is easy for us to find out how they thought and felt.