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  • What religious reformer did you learn about?
    Martin Luther
  • What was the War in the Pacific?
    During WWII - US versus Japan
  • What year did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?
    1962
  • What is the Irish Diaspora?
    Irish community abroad
  • What did Martin Luther nail to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral?
    His 95 Theses.
  • Is a diary a primary or secondary source?
    Primary
  • What treaty ended WWI
    Treaty of Versailles
  • When did women get the vote in Ireland?
    1918
  • What is a secondary source?
    A piece of evidence/information created after the time being studied
  • What is a primary source?
    A piece of evidence/information taken from the time being studied
  • In Irish history, what was the Emergency?
    The Republic's experience during WWII
  • When did Ireland join the EU?
    1973
  • Give one feature of Gothic architecture
    large stained glass windows, pointed arches, gargoyles, pointy, flying buttresses, and ornate decoration
  • Name Hitler or Stalin's secret police?
    Gestapo or NKVD
  • What was the Holocaust?
    An event during WWII where 6 million Jews were killed.
  • What agreement formally created the current power sharing government in NI?
    Good Friday Agreement
  • What treaty ended the Irish War of Independence?
    Anglo-Irish Treaty
  • Name one major world event that occurred in the 1960's?
    Vietnam War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Black Civil Rights Movement, Moon Landing
  • What movement did you learn of which celebrates Irish heritage?
    GAA
  • When did the US land the first man on the moon?
    1969
  • Name 2 European countries that were neutral during WWII.
    Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
  • When did WWII start and end?
    1939-1945
  • In which century did Christopher Columbus land in the Americas?
    15th (1492)
  • What were Stalin's Show Trials?
    When Stalin faked trials to remove opposition to him (1936-38)
  • What years did the Famine last in Ireland
    1845-1852