# Junior Cert History: Renaissance, Reformation & Exploration questions

> Every Junior Cert History exam question on Renaissance, Reformation & Exploration, grouped by level and year. Questions come from the official State Examinations Commission papers; every PDF link opens the original on examinations.ie.

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Europe 1400-1600: the Renaissance and printing, the Reformation, the Age of Exploration, and conquest and colonisation in the New World.

7 past History questions on this topic, spanning 2022 to 2026, grouped by year. Each links to its exact page in the official paper and marking scheme.

## Common Level

### 2026

- Q2 (45 marks): source analysis - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=7)
- Q3 (39 marks): medieval life, source analysis - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=10) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=9)

### 2025

- Q2 (48 marks): cause and consequence, historical terms - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=7)

### 2024

- Q3 (48 marks): historical terms, source analysis - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=9) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=8)

### 2023

- Q2 (27 marks): source analysis - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=7)

### 2022

- Q2 (45 marks): source analysis - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=6) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=6)
- Q3 (39 marks): chronology - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=9) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC004CLP000EV.pdf#page=8)

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