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Iron Age Celts

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Why are the Celts called Iron Age Celts?
a)
They discovered it
b)
They found out how to make iron tools and weapons
c)
They liked it
d)
They sold it
2.
Where did the Celts live?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
America
d)
Across most of Europe
3.

What did they call “torcs”

a)

ring

b)

necklace

c)

hat

4.

They wore clothes with ....

a)

Black and white

b)

dotts

c)

plaids and checked patterns

5.

Most celts were ...

a)

drivers

b)

Doctors

c)

Farmers

6.

They believed in ...

a)

Many gods

b)

The god

7.

Druids were Celtic ...

a)

Farmers

b)

Leaders

c)

Priests

8.

The Celts built houses called __________________.

a)

tents

b)

roundhouses

c)

long houses

d)

cabins

9.

What was it like inside a Celtic home?

a)

dark and smokey with no windows

b)

bright with lots of sunlight

c)

roundhouses had many windows

10.

What was in the centre of a Celtic home?

a)

a water well

b)

a storage pit

c)

weapons and armour

d)

a fire

11.

The Celts lived in groups called ____________.

a)

tribes

b)

clans

c)

flocks

d)

herds

12.

Who was the leader of the Celtic society?

a)

the lord

b)

the baron

c)

the king

d)

the Chieftain

13.

Who were the Celtic priests?

a)

the druids

b)

the nobles

c)

the slaves

d)

the freemen farmers

14.

What was the roof of a roundhouse made of?

a)

animal skins

b)

cement

c)

bricks

d)

thatch (reeds, straw and branches)

15.

In a roundhouse, the smoke escaped through _____________.

a)

the roof

b)

the door

c)

the windows

d)

the walls

16.

A _____________ was a large Celtic settlement surrounded by ditches and a palisade (wall).

a)

hill fort

b)

farm

c)

forest

d)

city

17.

Who was the famous warrior who fought the Romans?

a)

Mahb

b)

Nuada

c)

Boudicca

d)

Cuchulain

18.
What is this an image of?
a)
Broch
b)
Hillfort
c)
Oppida
19.
Celtic art can be described as . . .
a)
simplistic 
b)
Complex, interweaving knots 
c)
Delicate and fragile
d)
rainbows and butterflies 
20.
A torc was a piece of jewelry worn around what body part?
a)
Ankle
b)
Neck
c)
Wrist
d)
Ear
21.

When Celtic Warriors went to battle, they painted their bodies with a blue dye called __________________.

a)

humus

b)

hamartia

c)

woad

d)

wattle

22.

Celts invented the _____________________________.

a)

chariot

b)

shield

c)

iron plough

d)

helmet

23.

Boddica was the last warrior ________________ to fight the Romans.

a)

king

b)

queen

c)

knight

d)

servant

24.

The Celts believed that all living things could _________________.

a)

Communicate

b)

breathe

c)

die

d)

exhale

25.

What was wattle and daub made of?

a)

mud and straw

b)

mud and sticks

c)

mud and animal feces

d)

animal feces and straw