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HOA M-01 F-02 PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A _____ is a graphic form composed of the outline of three overlapping rings, used in architecture and Christian symbolism.

a)

trefoil

b)

quatrefoil

c)

clover

d)

wheel

2.

_____ is a megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic era (c. 3600–2500 BC), on the Mediterranean island of Gozo in Malta.

a)

Ġgantija

b)

Ħaġar Qim

c)

Mnajdra

d)

Skorba

3.

It is the world’s second oldest existing man-made religious structures, and amongst the earliest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

a)

Ġgantija

b)

Ħaġar Qim

c)

Mnajdra

d)

Skorba

4.

This complex consists of two stone temples (and an incomplete third temple), called the “Giants’ Tower”.

a)

Ġgantija

b)

Ħaġar Qim

c)

Mnajdra

d)

Skorba

5.

AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, AND ANCIENT NEOLITHIC TEMPLE COMPLEX LOCATED ON THE XAGĦRA PLATEAU IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND OF GOZO, IN THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA

a)

Ġgantija

b)

Ħaġar Qim

c)

Mnajdra

d)

Skorba

6.

Identify

a)

Ġgantija

b)

Ħaġar Qim

c)

Mnajdra

d)

Skorba

7.

_____ or the "Standing/Worshipping Stones" is a megalithic temple complex found on the Mediterranean island of Malta, particularly in Qrendi, Malta, dating from the Ġgantija phase (3600–3200 BC).

a)

Ġgantija

b)

Ħaġar Qim

c)

Mnajdra

d)

Skorba

8.

This is made from globigerina limestone, which has caused it to suffer from extreme weathering and surface flaking.

a)

Ġgantija

b)

Ħaġar Qim

c)

Mnajdra

d)

Skorba

9.

Identify

a)

Ġgantija

b)

Ħaġar Qim

c)

Mnajdra

d)

Skorba

10.

Identify

a)

Ġgantija

b)

Ħaġar Qim

c)

Mnajdra

d)

Skorba

11.

_____ is a megalithic temple complex found on the southern coast of the Mediterranean island of Malta that is approximately 497 metres (544 yd) from the Ħaġar Qim megalithic complex.

a)

Ġgantija

b)

Ħaġar Qim

c)

Mnajdra

d)

Skorba

12.

It is made of coralline limestone, which is much harder than the soft globigerina limestone of Ħaġar Qim. The main structural systems used in its temples are corbelling with smaller stones, and post and lintel construction using large slabs of limestone.

a)

Ġgantija

b)

Ħaġar Qim

c)

Mnajdra

d)

Skorba

13.

Identify

a)

Ġgantija

b)

Ħaġar Qim

c)

Mnajdra

d)

Skorba

14.

Identify

a)

Ġgantija

b)

Ħaġar Qim

c)

Mnajdra

d)

Skorba

15.

The _____ temples are megalithic remains on the northern edge of Żebbiegħ, in Malta, which have provided detailed and informative insight into the earliest periods of Malta's neolithic culture.

a)

Ġgantija

b)

Ħaġar Qim

c)

Mnajdra

d)

Skorba

16.

The remains of _____ temples are a series of megalithic uprights (one of them 3.4m high), the lowest course of the temples' foundations, paving slabs with libation holes in the entrance passage, and the torba (a cement-like material) floor of a three-apse temple.

a)

Ġgantija

b)

Ħaġar Qim

c)

Mnajdra

d)

Skorba

17.

Identify

a)

Ġgantija

b)

Ħaġar Qim

c)

Mnajdra

d)

Skorba

18.

Identify

a)

Ġgantija

b)

Ħaġar Qim

c)

Mnajdra

d)

Skorba

19.

It is a Neolithic subterranean structure dating to the Saflieni phase (3300 – 3000 BC) in Maltese prehistory, located in Paola, Malta.

a)

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

b)

Tarxien

c)

Nuraghe Santu Antine

d)

Ta' Ħaġrat

20.

It is thought to have been a sanctuary and necropolis, with the remains of more than 7,000 people documented by archaeologists.

a)

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

b)

Tarxien

c)

Nuraghe Santu Antine

d)

Ta' Ħaġrat

21.

Identify

a)

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

b)

Tarxien

c)

Nuraghe Santu Antine

d)

Ta' Ħaġrat

22.

Identify

a)

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

b)

Tarxien

c)

Nuraghe Santu Antine

d)

Ta' Ħaġrat

23.

It consists of three separate, but attached, temple structure; middle temple has three pairs of apses instead of the usual two; has a rich and intricate stonework including depictions of domestic animals carved in relief, altars, and screens decorated with spiral designs and other patterns.

a)

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

b)

Tarxien

c)

Nuraghe Santu Antine

d)

Ta' Ħaġrat

24.

Identify

a)

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

b)

Tarxien

c)

Nuraghe Santu Antine

d)

Ta' Ħaġrat

25.

Identify

a)

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

b)

Tarxien

c)

Nuraghe Santu Antine

d)

Ta' Ħaġrat

26.

It is also known as Sa domo de su re in Torralba, one of the largest in Sardinia. It is located in the centre of the Cabu Abbas plain.

a)

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

b)

Tarxien

c)

Nuraghe Santu Antine

d)

Ta' Ħaġrat

27.

Identify

a)

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

b)

Tarxien

c)

Nuraghe Santu Antine

d)

Ta' Ħaġrat

28.

It is built out of lower coralline limestone, the oldest exposed rock in the Maltese Islands. The complex contains two adjacent temples. The smaller temple abuts the major one on the northern side.

a)

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

b)

Tarxien

c)

Nuraghe Santu Antine

d)

Ta' Ħaġrat

29.

Identify

a)

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

b)

Tarxien

c)

Nuraghe Santu Antine

d)

Ta' Ħaġrat

30.

Identify

a)

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

b)

Tarxien

c)

Nuraghe Santu Antine

d)

Ta' Ħaġrat

31.

_____, which means "Potbelly Hill"), is a Neolithic archaeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Dated to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, between c. 9500 and 8000 BCE; the site comprises a number of large circular structures supported by massive stone pillars – the world's oldest known megaliths.

a)

Göbekli Tepe

b)

Durrington Walls

c)

Durrington Timber Circle

d)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

32.

The site of a large Neolithic settlement and later henge enclosure located in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in England. The henge is the second-largest Late Neolithic palisaded enclosure known in the United Kingdom, after Hindwell in Wales.

a)

Göbekli Tepe

b)

Durrington Walls

c)

Durrington Timber Circle

d)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

33.

_____ is a Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of Stonehenge, in Durrington parish, just north of the town of Amesbury.

a)

Göbekli Tepe

b)

Durrington Walls

c)

Woodhenge

d)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

34.

an arrangement of standing stones placed in a cruciform pattern with a central stone circle; erected in the late Neolithic era, and were a focus for ritual activity during the Bronze Age.

a)

Callanish Standing Stones

b)

Xagħra Stone Circle

c)

Hindwell Enclosure, England

d)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

35.

Also known as the Brochtorff Circle

a)

Callanish Standing Stones

b)

Xagħra Stone Circle

c)

Hindwell Enclosure, England

d)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

36.

It consists of a series of caves which were used to bury the dead, and which were surrounded by a walled enclosure.

a)

Callanish Standing Stones

b)

Xagħra Stone Circle

c)

Hindwell Enclosure, England

d)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

37.

This Neolithic palisaded enclosure is set in the heart of the Walton Basin; roughly oval 34 ha enclosure, about 880m east-west by 540m; first recorded as a cropmark feature from the air and then explored by selective trenching and geophysical survey.

a)

Callanish Standing Stones

b)

Xagħra Stone Circle

c)

Hindwell Enclosure, England

d)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

38.

It is defined by a circuit of pits 2.0m across and 2.0m deep, which once held great posts, 0.8m in diameter. Only a single narrow entrance is known at the western end, flanked by huge 6.0m diameter pits. Radiocarbon determinations point to a construction date around 2,700 BC.

a)

Callanish Standing Stones

b)

Xagħra Stone Circle

c)

Hindwell Enclosure, England

d)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

39.

Identify

a)

Göbekli Tepe

b)

Durrington Walls

c)

Durrington Timber Circle

d)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

40.

Identify

a)

Göbekli Tepe

b)

Durrington Walls

c)

Durrington Timber Circle

d)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

41.

Identify

a)

Göbekli Tepe

b)

Durrington Walls

c)

Durrington Timber Circle

d)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

42.

Identify

a)

Göbekli Tepe

b)

Durrington Walls

c)

Woodhenge

d)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

43.

Identify

a)

Callanish Standing Stones

b)

Xagħra Stone Circle

c)

Hindwell Enclosure, England

d)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

44.

Identify

a)

Callanish Standing Stones

b)

Xagħra Stone Circle

c)

Hindwell Enclosure, England

d)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

45.

Identify

a)

Callanish Standing Stones

b)

Xagħra Stone Circle

c)

Hindwell Enclosure, England

d)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

46.

It is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland.

a)

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

b)

Skara Brae

c)

Nuraghe Santu Antine

d)

Ta' Ħaġrat

47.

Consisting of ten clustered houses, made of flagstones, in earthen dams that provided support for the walls; the houses included stone hearths, beds, and cupboards. A primitive sewer system, with "toilets" and drains in each house, carried effluent to the ocean.

a)

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

b)

Skara Brae

c)

Nuraghe Santu Antine

d)

Ta' Ħaġrat

48.

Identify

a)

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

b)

Skara Brae

c)

Nuraghe Santu Antine

d)

Ta' Ħaġrat

49.

Identify

a)

Callanish Standing Stones

b)

Xagħra Stone Circle

c)

Hindwell Enclosure, England

d)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

50.

It is also known as Sa domo de su re in Torralba, one of the largest in Sardinia. It is located in the centre of the Cabu Abbas plain.

a)

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

b)

Tarxien

c)

Nuraghe Santu Antine

d)

Ta' Ħaġrat