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Stone Age Sites Quiz

Use the information cards and visual clues on this sheet to solve the questions. Stone Age dates are approximate; different regions changed at different times.

Site cards

Read these short records before you begin.

STONEHENGE — Salisbury Plain, England. A prehistoric monument built in stages from about 3000 to 1500 BCE. Its great stones were arranged in circles.

LASCAUX — southwestern France. Cave walls bear vivid paintings of animals, including horses and bulls. The paintings are about 17,000 years old.

ÇATALHÖYÜK — present-day Türkiye. A large early farming settlement, occupied roughly 9,000 years ago. Many homes stood close together, and people entered some houses through roof openings.

NEWGRANGE — County Meath, Ireland. A passage tomb built about 5,200 years ago. Around the winter solstice, sunlight can shine along its passage into the inner chamber.

Solve the site clues

1.Which site is the best match for each clue? Write its name: (a) a place where animal paintings cover cave walls; (b) a settlement linked with early farming; (c) a prehistoric stone-circle monument in England.

2.Choose the most accurate time description for the building of Stonehenge.

About 500 years ago
About 5,000 years ago, built in stages
About 17,000 years ago, all at once
About 100 years ago

3.Newgrange is a passage tomb. What special event lets sunlight reach its inner chamber, according to the site card?

4.Connect each site to its location or best-known feature.

Stonehenge
Lascaux
Çatalhöyük
Newgrange

Animal cave paintings in France
Passage tomb in Ireland
Stone-circle monument in England
Early farming settlement in present-day Türkiye

5.At Çatalhöyük, some people entered houses through openings in the roof. What does this suggest about how the houses were arranged?

6.True or false? Lascaux is best known for a stone circle built on Salisbury Plain.

TrueFalse

7.A team finds painted horses on a cave wall. Which of the four sites is the closest comparison, and what evidence supports your choice?

8.Use the site cards to fill in the blanks: Newgrange is in , and it was built as a .

9.You are planning a museum display about how Stone Age people lived. Choose one site card and explain two things the evidence tells us about people or their activities.