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1. Which of the following is NOT a primary source for historians?
2. Which of the following ages is nearest our own time of 2003?
3. Which of the following was a dwelling place in ancient Ireland?
4. In Celtic Ireland what was Ogham?
5. What was the principal activity in a scriptorium in monastic Ireland?
6. In ancient Rome who lived in villas?
7. Which of these was NOT a stage in the training of a medieval craftsman?
8. If you were living in a medieval town which would you have feared the most?
9. The guilds were an order of medieval monks?
10. What were stocks used for in a medieval town?
11. With which Italian city would you associate the Renaissance patrons called Sforza?
12. What was a "Pieta"?
13. Which of these words matches this definition: selling or buying religious things or jobs?
14. During the Reformation what was the Inquisition?
15. Which English monarch was responsible for the Plantation of Munster in the sixteenth century?
16. Who paid the most taxes in France in 1789?
17. Which of these is NOT a reason for the Industrial Revolution beginning in England?
18. Which of these people was responsible for improving the size and quality of animals in the Agricultural Revolution?
19. Which of these words matches the definition: self government for Ireland but no control of foreign policy?
20. What was the main treaty which ended WWI in 1919?
21. Which European ruler was known as "Il Duce"?
22. Match the definition to one of these words: Hitler's invasion of the USSR (Russia).
23. The League of Nations was set up to keep the peace after WW2.
24. Which of the following have never been president of Ireland?
25. What US president is associated with the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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