The Famine

Question 1

causes of the famine

Answer 1

-subdivision of land
-potato dependence
-blight
-rising population

Question 2

subdivision of land

Answer 2

-reliance on farming-no industry
-father subdivided land to their sons
-farms got smaller overtime and families became poorer

Question 3

potato dependence

Answer 3

-potatoes for 3 meals a day
-staple food

Question 4

blight

Answer 4

-disease that attacked and rotted the potatoes
-poor Irish depended on potato

Question 5

rising population

Answer 5

-densely populated
-the poor became poorer

Question 6

years of famine

Answer 6

1845-1850 and cosequences lated longer

Question 7

worst year

Answer 7

1847 also known as the black death

Question 8

the British response

Answer 8

-Indian corn
-public work scheme
-workhouses
-soup kitchens

Question 9

consequences

Answer 9

-fall in population
-the irish diaspora
-physical force naitonalism
-decline of subdivision

Question 10

fall in population

Answer 10

-2 million fall
-low birth rates
-emmigration

Question 11

the irish diaspora

Answer 11

-70 million people claim irish heritage

Question 12

decline in subdivision

Answer 12

eldest son got the land meaning the farms were larger

Question 13

decline in irish language

Answer 13

due to death and emmigration