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Junior Cycle History: Ancient or medieval civilisation

How often Ancient or medieval civilisation comes up on the History papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 1 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2023.

Ancient or medieval civilisation, Common Level(8 marks)

Quick ones on Ancient or medieval civilisation.

(a)Why did the Romans build aqueducts?
  1. To defend the edges of the empire
  2. To carry fresh water into towns
  3. To store grain for the army
(b)Which of these is a lasting legacy of ancient Rome in Europe?
  1. Gunpowder and the first cannons
  2. The invention of the printing press
  3. Latin roots in many languages
(c)Why is Pompeii so valuable to historians of ancient Rome?
  1. Ash from Vesuvius preserved it in AD 79
  2. It was never lived in after being built
  3. Its people wrote the first history book
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(a) To carry fresh water into towns

(b) Latin roots in many languages

(c) Ash from Vesuvius preserved it in AD 79

Your turn: Common Level questions on Ancient or medieval civilisation.

Common Level

Asked on 1 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2023.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Not asked
2024Not asked
2023Q1
2022Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Ancient or medieval civilisation questions

Ancient or medieval civilisation, 2 marks

Democracy, where citizens vote on decisions, began in which ancient Greek city?

  1. Sparta
  2. Troy
  3. Athens
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Athens

Athens developed democracy around 500 BC, though only free men who were citizens could vote; women, slaves and foreigners could not.

Ancient or medieval civilisation, 2 marks

How did the ancient Egyptians preserve the bodies of important people?

  1. Burial in bogs
  2. Mummification
  3. Cremation
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Mummification

Organs were removed and the body was dried with natron salt and wrapped in linen. Egyptians believed the body was needed in the afterlife.

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