Hhistorical Background on Northern Ireland

When was Ireland colonized the first time?

11th century

12th century

13th century

14th century

When did the conflict between the Catholics and the Protestants start?

It started during the 12th century under the reign of Henry II

It startet in the 16th century during the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.

Why did the conflict between the Catholics and the Protestants start?

Catholic migrants from Ireland settled in England and Scotland, which founded the basis for the religious conflicts.

Protestant migrants from England and Scotland settled in Catholic Ireland, which founded the basis for the religious conflicts.

How many people died during the Potato-famine?

1 million people

2 million people

3 million people

4 million people

When was Ireland divided into the Southern Independent part, and the Northern part still belonging to the UK?

1945

1822

1922

1968

What is IRA short for?

Irish Resistance Army

Irish Republican Army

Irish Religious Army

Irish Recycling Army

When did the most recent war between the Catholic nationalists and the Protestant unionists take place?

From the late 1960s to the late 1990s

From the early 1920 to the late 1960s

Though the the British troops were sent to Northern Ireland to keep the peace between the Catholics and the Protestants, it is said that they sympathized with one of the parties - which one?

The Catholics

The Protestants

What does Bloody Sunday refer to?

A civil-rights demonstration where the IRA killed 14 Protestants

A civil-rights demonstration where British soldiers killed 14 Catholics

Who won the war?

The Catholics won.

Nobody won.

The Protestants won.

Hhistorical Background on Northern Ireland

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