The Historian and Archaeology
The Reformation
The Ulster Plantations
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100

Define a primary source and give one example.

Source directly from the time being studied - diary etc. 

100

Name a religious reformer

Martin Luther (Or John Calvin, Henry VIII)

100

Name one ruler who was involved in a Plantation

James I / Mary I / Elizabeth I

100
Define a secondary source

A source that comes from after the time being studied. 

200

What is an artefact?

A man-made object.

200

What were the 95 theses?

Luther's 95 arguments against the church nailed to the church door. 

200

What was The Pale?

The area of Dublin and surrounding areas controlled by England

200

William of __________'s victory is still celebrated by Protestants today. 

Orange

300

Define what bias, propaganda, AND opinion mean. 

An account or source that favours one side.

A source created to make one side look better or worse.

A personal view that is not supported by evidence. 

300

What were indulgences and what were Luther's beliefs regarding access to heaven?

Tickets people paid for to get to heaven - Luther believed in justification through faith alone. 

300

Which THREE groups of people received land during the plantations?

Undertakers, Servitors and Loyal Irish.

300

What is the proper name for 'tree ring dating' ?

Dendrochronology

400

Describe ONE method of dating an object and ONE way of finding an archaeological site to dig. 

Carbon 14 / tree ring etc

Aerial photography / rescue archaeology etc. 

400

Name 3 abuses of the church.

Nepotism, simony, pluralism, absenteeism etc. 

400

Name two features of a plantation town and name one plantation town. 

Bawn, wide streets, central square, market

Coleraine / Letterkenny / Strabane

400

Who 'captured' Luther and hid him in their castle?

Frederick the Wise

500

Define the terms 'prejudice', 'objective', and 'subjective'. 

When someone already has opinions or feelings about something or someone that aren't based on fact or experience.

When something is not influenced by personal feelings, is based on fact.

When something IS based on personal feelings, not based on fact.

500

Describe the events of the Diet of Worms and the Edict of Worms. 

Luther summoned to court to take back his statements.

Luther refuses to do so. 

Luther is excommunicated from the Church. 

500

Name 4 consequences of the Ulster Plantations

New religion / New population / New towns / Conflict based on identity / Displacing of Irish people / Decline of Irish language / New farming methods

500

Name one OTHER reformer besides Martin Luther

Calvin, Henry VIII, Zwingli


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