Lascaux Cave Quiz

WHERE was the Lascaux cave discovered?

• France

• Red Sea area

• Africa

• Asia

WHEN was the Lascaux cave discovered?

• 10,000 years ago

• 13,000 BC

• 1940

• 2020 AD

WHO discovered the Lascaux cave?

• scientists in the area

• all the people in Lascaux

• a famous archeologist named Lascaux

• four boys and a dog

WHEN do scientist believe these cave paintings were done?

• 15,000 years ago

• 30,000 BC

• when man got to South America

• when people were living in the Neolithic period

What type of figures were MAINLY painted on the walls?

• stone tools

• people

• animals

• mystical creatures

WHAT resources did people use to paint the walls with?

• Walmart paints ;-)

• a mixture of many natural resources

• just water and charcoal

• dyes

What did these people use to make sculptures?

• stones and clay

• bones and antlers

• clay and antlers

• all of the above

The people who painted the Lascaux Cave lived during what time period?

• Neolithic

• Mesolithic

• Bronze Age

• Paleolithic

3,000 BC was how many years ago?

• 1,000 YA

• 5,000 YA

• 10,000 YA

• 3,000 YA

7,000 Years Ago = ____________ BC?

• 10,000 BC

• 9,000 BC

• 7,000 BC

• 5,000 BC