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53 Cards in this Set
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What was the Derbfine?
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Celtic royal family
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What was a Crannóg?
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A Celtic settlement built on an artificial lake
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What was a souterrain?
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An underground passageway in a ringfort used to store food and valuables.
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What was a promontory fort?
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A ringfort on a cliff top
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What methods do Archeologists use to pinpoint areas of significance (4)?
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Aerial Photography
Geophysical surveys (metal detectors) Field Walking Local Knowledge |
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What was an oratory?
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A small church
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What were beehive huts?
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Small stone huts where monks lived
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What was filigree work?
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The art of twisting and weaving gold wire
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What was a Domus
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A private house in Ancient Rome
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What was a peristyle?
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a walled garden at the rear of a Roman house
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What were Insulae?
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high rise flats in ancient Rome
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What were Legionaries?
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Soldiers in the Roman army
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What was the Feudal System?
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The system of land ownership in the Middle Ages
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What was a fief?
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An area of land which a king granted to a lord.
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What was a motte?
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A man-made hill on which a castle was built.
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What was a Bailey?
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The courtyard of a castle
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What was a keep?
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A large square tower
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What was a Barbican?
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A defensive gatehouse
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What was an Almoner?
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A monk that looked after visitors and distributed food to the poor
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What was a patron?
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Someone who pays for a work of art
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What is latitude?
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Distance from the equator
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What was the Treaty of Torsedillas?
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The agreement that divided the 'New World' between Spain and Portugal
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What are lateen sails?
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Triangular sails that allow ships to sail against the wind
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What was a Quadrant?
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An instrument that gives latitude by looking at the North Star
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What was a Astrolabe
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An instrument that gives latitude by looking at the sun in the sky
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What does Conquistador mean?
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"Soldier" in Spanish. Refers to someone who conquered the 'New World' for Spain
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What was Simony?
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The sale of jobs in the church
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What was Nepotism?
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The appointment of relatives to jobs in the church.
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What was 'Auto de fé'?
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An act of faith that often involved burning heretics at the stake
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What was the Pale?
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The strip of land between Bray and Dundalk controlled by the English
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What was Black Rent?
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Money demanded by the Gaelic Irish in return for not attacking the Pale
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What was the Flight of the Earls and when did it happen?
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When the Gaelic lords of Ulster left Ireland in 1607
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What was Bawn?
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A defensive stone yard built by planters during the Ulster Plantation
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What was the Estates-General?
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The French parliament
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When was the Terror?
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Summer 1792 to simer 1793
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What was enclosure?
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When farmers put fences around their land
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What was a Bessemer Converter?
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An invention that improved the quality of steel
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What were Chartists?
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People who wanted better treatment for the poor
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What was the Franchise?
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The right to vote in elections
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Who were the Blackshirts?
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Mussolini's squads
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What was the Lateran Treaty?
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A treaty between Mussolini and the Catholic Church in 1929
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What was the Rome-Berlin Axis?
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A friendly agreement signed by Italy and Germany in 1936
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What was the Pact of Steel?
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A military agreement between Italy and Germany in 1939.
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What was the Enabling Law?
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A law that allowed Hitler and the Nazi Party to rule without parliament for four years
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When was kristallnacht?
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1938
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What was Vichy France?
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A Nazi puppet state in Southern France
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What was Operation Overlord?
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The invasion of Normandy on D-Day
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When was D-Day?
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June 6th 1944
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What were the Flying Columns?
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A group of IRA men who travelled the country attacking the police and army.
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What was the Governor General?
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The British King's representative in Ireland
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Who set up Cumann na nGaedhal and when did they do it?
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WT Cosgrave in 1923
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Was Cumann na nGaedhal pro or anti treaty?
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Pro-treaty
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What were the Blueshirts?
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The ACA under the control of Eoin O'Duffy
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