Stone Age Britain

When did the Stone Age era start?

• Two and a half million years ago

• One million years ago

• 10,000 years ago

• 4000 years ago

How many stages of Stone Age are there?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

The Early Stone Age is also known as

• Mesolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Palaeolithic Era

What are the significant changes in the Neolithic Era?

• growing crops

• hunting and gathering

• constructing long barrows

• mining for bronze

Where was the fireplace positioned in a roundhouse?

• by the door to release smoke

• at the side of the house, so there was more space

• in the middle of the room

Otzi the Ice Man was found in the mountains between Austria and Italy. His body is how old?

• 9300 years old

• 3300 years old

• 5300 years old

• 1300 years old

What had Otzi been eating before he died?

• fish and chips

• dried meat - goat or pig

• berries

• a kind of porridge

4500 years ago, European settlers taught new skills to people living in Britain. What did they learn?

• how to weave for clothing and bedding

• how to make needles from bone

• how to mine for copper and tin

• how to cook spaghetti

What was the name archaeologists gave to the European settlers?

• The Necklace people

• The Beaker people

• The Flask people

• The Bronze people

In the late Neolithic and Bronze era, archaeologists found that religious ceremonies were taking place. What was the evidence?

• remains of churches

• books about religious people

• stone circles

• special clothes