Vocabulary. Questions

Vocabulary

area - пространство

defeat - наносить поражение

Home Rule - Гом Руль

back - поддержать

troops - войска

Volunteers - " Добровольцы"

drill - строевая подготовка

insurrection - восстание

uprising - восстание

failure - неудача, провал

independent - независимый

county - округ, графство

giant - великан

Questions

1. When did the conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland start?

2. How did it develop?

3. How long did it take England to conquer Ireland?

4. What was offered to Ireland in 1910?

5. What is Home Rule?

6. What was the reaction of the Irish patriots to Home Rule?

7. What happened in Ireland in 1916?

8. When was an independent Irish state set up?

9. What is called Northern Ireland?

10. What kind of land is Northern Ireland?