Neolithic Period 4000BC |
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Quiz
- When did the Neolithic Period start?
- Why are they called the 1st farmers?
- Name 2 areas that are famous for Neolithic settlement. (2)
- What shape were their houses and what technique did they use to build them? (3)
- Why did they build more robust houses than the Mesolithic people?
- What type of crops would they grow? (2)
- What type of livestock would they keep? (2)
- What was a saddlestone?
- Name 2 farming tools that they used? (2)
- What did they use pottery for?
- What is the collective name given to neolithic tombs?
- What is the name given to the large stone on top of a Portal dolmen?
- Which tomb was made out of 2 large connected stone circles?
- Which tomb was in the shape of a crucifix and was covered by a mound of stones?
- What is a corbelled roof?
- On what day of the year does the sun's rays shine into the roofbox at Newgrange?