S1 Skara Brae

Skara Brae was an early farming village on an island off northern ________.

• North America
• Australia
• Scotland

Skara Brae is one of the prehistoric sites to be found on a group of Scottish islands called the ___________ Islands.

• Scottish Islands

• Skara Islands

• Old Islands

• Orkney Islands

The houses were built using

• wood
• stone
• mud bricks

A storm covered the village in sand, then in _______, a powerful windstorm stripped the sand from the dunes and uncovered the stone walls of the village.

• 1850 A.D.
• 2400 B.C.
• 1200 B.C

What archaeologists know about life in Skara Brae comes from studying

• the stone huts and the objects the early people left behind.
• animal bones
• written records

Each hut contained a hearth which is a ______

• fireplace
• bathroom
• bed

There were passages with a ...from one house to the next

• ceiling

• floor

• roof

There were no trees in Skara Bree so people made everthing with

• metal

• stone

• concrete

The ancient village of Skara Brae was buit ________.

• 3000 years ago

• more than 5000 years ago

• in 1054

All things, that archeologists found, were carved from ________.

• stone and sand

• animal bones and stone

• glass and wood