Test 1 Ch. 1+2

Question 0

Pre-history can be sorted into 3 different ages, name them.

Answer 0

The Stone Age
The Bronze Age
The Iron Age

Question 1

Explain the term bias.

Answer 1

A one sided account

Question 2

True or false

Hunter gathers moved around a lot?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What 2 places did the first settlers come from?

Answer 3

1. Scotland

2. Wales

Question 4

Besides being a grave, what else did archeologists believe passage graves were for?

Answer 4

They were used as a calendar to remind farmers that winter was nearly over and to prepare the land for planting crops.

That the Neolithic farmers worshipped the sun.

Question 5

What is stratigraphy?

Answer 5

Stratigraphy is the study of the layers of the soil

Question 6

True or false

The deeper an artefact is found (in the ground) the older it is.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

What is the correct term used for taking a picture from the air?

Answer 7

Aerial photography

Question 8

True or false

Our ancestors lived on higher ground than us.

Answer 8

False

we are living on higher ground than them

Question 9

Name 7 tools that archaeologists use.

Answer 9

Trowel
Toothbrush 
Sieve
Brush
Hand brush 
Polythene bag
Photographic scales

Question 9

Name 2 ways that an archaeologist can find out the age of an object.

Answer 9

1. Carbon 14 dating

2. Dendrochronology

Question 10

Explain geographical surveys.

Answer 10

This is a method that uses metal detectors or other electronic devices to find an object under ground

Question 12

True or false

Plants grew after the ice age.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

When did the ice age end?

Answer 13

10 000 BC

Question 14

Explain what dendrochronology means.

Answer 14

Dendro chronology is the study of tree rings. When the weather is good the rings are far apart, but when the rings are close together it suggests the weather was bad like a drought

Question 15

Do archaeologist work like detectives or like doctors?

Answer 15

Detectives

Question 16

Explain the term carbon 14 dating. (How)

Answer 16

This is how archaeologists can tell the age of a living thing. Every living thing has carbon14 and when it dies it decreases.

Question 18

What 4 things did the archaeologists find at Mt. Sandle Co. Derry?

Answer 18

1. Bones
2. Postholes
3. Flint
4. A hearth

Question 19

What were the houses made from at the time of the Stone Age?

Answer 19

Young saplings covered in animal skins or rushes

Question 20

What were mattocks used for?

Answer 20

They were used to turn the soil so the farmers could grow crops

Question 21

Where did the first irish settlers settle?

Answer 21

They settled in Mt Sandle Co. Derry

Question 22

What was the kitchen waste that was thrown outside the house called?

Answer 22

Midden

Question 23

What is an artefact?

Answer 23

An artefact is a man made object

Question 23

Where are old records kept safely?

Answer 23

Archive

Arkive

Question 23

Explain the term microlits.

Answer 23

Small tools made from stone

Question 26

What were needles made from in the Stone Age?

Answer 26

Bone

Question 27

How did the first settlers get to Ireland?

Answer 27

Dugout canoes

Question 28

What were clothes made from during the Stone Age?

Answer 28

Animal skins

Question 29

What was the name given to farmers when they first came to Ireland?

Answer 29

Neolithic farmers

Question 30

How long is carbon 14 dating accurate for?

Answer 30

Carbon 14 dating is accurate up to 50 000 years

Question 31

True of false | Framers moved around a lot?

Answer 31

False

Question 32

True or false | The farmers developed spinning and weaving and made dyes from plants to colour the clothes.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

True or false | Neolithic farmers grew crops an kept animals.

Answer 33

True

Question 34

Explain a primary source.

Answer 34

A source made or written at the time the event took place

Question 35

True or false | The farmers were more skilled than the early settlers.

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Were the houses from the Neolitch Stone Age big and kept out the wind and the rain OR were the houses small and let the rain in?

Answer 36

The houses were big and kept out the wind and rain

Question 37

Where was the food stored during the neolithic Stone Age?

Answer 37

In clay pots

Question 39

What were the first tools made from?

Answer 39

Stone

Question 40

Explain the term field walking.

Answer 40

Walking along a field to find an object of interest

Question 41

How did the farmers divide up their land?

Answer 41

They divided up their land with stone walls

Question 41

What were houses made from during the Neolithic Stone Age?

Answer 41

Houses were made from wood/stone or both

Question 42

What was wattle and daub used for?

Answer 42

Wattle: placing thick posts in the ground and weaving branches between them. Daub: a mixture of straw and mud stuck on to the wattle.

Question 43

What were the clothes made from?

Answer 43

Animal skins and sheeps wool

Question 44

Name 2 tools that the farmers built.

Answer 44

1. A stone axe | 2. A mattock

Question 45

Where was food cooked at the time of the Neolithic Stone Age A. On the floor B. In the oven C. Outside beside the lake

Answer 45

A. On the floor

Question 46

True or false | The houses from the Stone Age where weaker than the houses than the Neolithic Stone Age.

Answer 46

True

Question 47

Describe what was in the house during the Neolithic Stone Age.

Answer 47

There was a fire place in the middle of the floor and there was a hole in the roofs for the chimney

Question 48

When did the Bronze Age start?

Answer 48

2 000 BC

Question 49

Name 3 types of tombs.

Answer 49

Dolmen Court Cairn Passage Grave

Question 51

Name one example of where a dolmen is today.

Answer 51

Kilcloony in Co. Donegal

Question 52

What time did Neolithic farmers come to Ireland?

Answer 52

4 000 BC

Question 52

What shape were the houses during the Neolithic Stone Age?

Answer 52

Rectangular

Question 53

True of false | In the dolmen bodies could be cremated or buried?

Answer 53

True

Question 53

True or false | People believed in the after life.

Answer 53

True

Question 54

What did people leave with the dead bodies?

Answer 54

They left food, jewellery or pottery- death goods

Question 55

How many stones does the dolmen have?

Answer 55

4

Question 56

Explain a secondary source.

Answer 56

A second hand source, written or made by someone who has not witnessed the event

Question 57

True or false | The dolmen and the court cairn were both covered in earth after someone had buried them.

Answer 57

True

Question 58

What does dolmen mean?

Answer 58

It means stone table

Question 60

On what date does the winter solstice occur?

Answer 60

The 21st December every year

Question 61

True or false | The passage grave was the most impressive type of grave

Answer 61

True

Question 61

What is a roof box?

Answer 61

A roof box is a little hole above the main entrance which allowed sun light to travel in and light up the whole passage

Question 62

What is a corbeled roof?

Answer 62

A roof built by placing each layer of stone slightly sticking out from the ones below (no central support).

Question 62

Why was bronze so widely used?

Answer 62

Because it could be melted and moulded easily

Question 64

How many years ago was the passage grave built?

Answer 64

5 000 years ago

Question 65

What did the Bronze Age people make from bronze?

Answer 65

They made 1. Weapons 2. House hold goods 3. Farming tools

Question 66

What were the roofs of the houses like at the time of the Neolithic Stone Age?

Answer 66

They were straw roofs

Question 66

What was the common farm tool made from bronze?

Answer 66

A sickle

Question 67

Where did the gold come from during the Bronze Age?

Answer 67

The Wicklow rivers

Question 68

What is a lunulae?

Answer 68

It was a piece of gold jewellery worn be the rich (necklace)

Question 69

Name 2 types of graves used during the Bronze Age.

Answer 69

Cist grave | Wedge tomb

Question 70

What is a cist grave?

Answer 70

A shallow pit covered by a large flat stone

Question 71

Describe a wedge tomb.

Answer 71

Made of stone slabs. Long and narrow at the back, high and. Wide at the front and covered in earth (soil)

Question 73

What were stone circles used for?

Answer 73

Archaeologist are not sure but they may have been used for a place of worship or as a calendar for Bronze Age farmers.

Question 74

What is bronze made from?

Answer 74

Tin and copper

Question 74

What did Bronze Age people cook in?

Answer 74

Large bronze cauldrons

Question 75

Describe hoe Bronze Age people cooked

Answer 75

1. They dug a hole in damp soil. 2. They lined the hole with stones or wood and filled it with water. 3. They heated the water by placing heated stoned into the water trough. 4. This was called a fulachta fiadh.

Question 76

Give one example of a passage grave.

Answer 76

New grange Co. Meath

Question 77

Give one example of a court cairn.

Answer 77

Creeked Co. Sligo

Question 79

What is a stone circle?

Answer 79

Stone circles were made by placing a large upright stones in the gound in a circle