Starter quiz
- What elements make up a source's provenance?
- its colours
- its nature ✓
- its origin ✓
- its purpose ✓
- its style
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- Complete the sentence: Some historians argue that the expansion of empire had some ______ impacts, particularly in Africa.
- 'negative' ✓
- Complete the sentence: An ______ is the process by which we analyse and explain past events.
- 'interpretation' ✓
- Which of the following examples would a historian who is presenting a positive view of empire point to?
- impact on Britain culturally ✓
- infrastructure and administrative development in the colonies ✓
- long-term consequences for the colonies
- exploitation and mistreatment of indigenous populations
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- Put the following time periods in chronological order.
- 1⇔medieval
- 2⇔early modern
- 3⇔18th and 19th centuries
- 4⇔modern
- Which word describes the movement of people into a new area or country?
- 'migration' ✓
Exit quiz
- Which word describes an extreme scarcity of food?
- 'famine' ✓
- Which word describes 'to divide something into parts'?
- 'partition' ✓
- Which of the following were key reasons for Irish migration to Britain?
- The Rice Famine
- The Potato Famine ✓
- The Industrial Revolution ✓
- Religious tolerance
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- Which word best describes Irish migrants early experiences in Britain?
- positive
- neutral
- negative ✓
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- Complete the sentence: Irish migrants were unfairly stigmatised and blamed for social problems like ...
- poverty.
- low literacy rates.
- crime. ✓
- poor quality housing.
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- Match the correct description to the terms.
- Unionist⇔Northern Ireland, mainly Protestant, supported union with Britain ✓
- Republicans⇔Irish Free State, mainly Catholic, supported a united Ireland ✓
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Key learning points
- In the 19th century there was significant migration from Ireland to Britain.
- The Potato Famine and the availability of jobs in Britain were key reasons for migration from Ireland.
- The early experiences of Irish immigration were discrimination and xenophobia.
- In 1922 Ireland was partitioned into Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State, the latter an independent republic.
- The partition of Ireland led to a legacy of violence between unionists and republicans.
Common misconception
All those in Northern Ireland were Protestant and all those elsewhere in Ireland were Catholic.
Ireland was predominantly Catholic but there was a population in the north who were predominantly Protestant, who remained part of the UK as Northern Ireland after partition.
Keywords
Famine - an extreme scarcity of food
Migrant - someone who moves from one country to another
Partition - to divide into parts
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