WorksheetsNewgrange and Stonehenge
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 6mins
Where is Newgrange located?
Great Britain
Wales
Ireland
Scotland
About how many years did it take, with about 300 people working on it, to complete Newgrange?
100
30-40
5-10
1000
How long ago was Newgrange constructed?
15,000 to 40,000 years
about 5000 years
1000 years
no one really knows
What river runs next to Newgrange?
Amazon
Boyne
Rio Grande
Thames
What type of rock is found on the outside of the tomb?
bluestone
limestone
monolithic
white quartz
What discovery was made at Newgrange in the 1960s?
bandits had robbed it
a secret window that lights up the tomb on the shortest day of the year
the tomb was leaking and needed repairs
human sacrifices had been made in a secret passage
Between what dates does the Winter Solstice occur?
9th-15th November
18th-23rd December
1st--12th January
What was the purpose of Newgrange?
a place for religious rituals
a kind of calendar to mark the new year
a burial place
all of these
What were the large stones around the base of Newgrange called?
lintel stones
kraken stones
blue stones
kerb stones
Where is Stonehenge located?
Great Britain
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Stonehenge was built about 15,000 years ago in the Paleolithic Period
True!
False!
About how long did it take to complete this structure?
70-100 years
no one knows
at least 1000 years
it was never finished
What are the largest of the stones called?
Bloodstones
druid stones
sarsen stones
kerb stones
What do archaeologists think was the purpose of this structure?
burial ground
religious rituals
a kind of calendar to mark the summer solstice
all of these
The smaller stones surrounding the large stones are called bluestones.
true!
false!
What can structures like Newgrange and Stonehenge teach us?
Stone Age people were really dumb
Stone Age people took forever to build things
Stone Age people were gigantic and very strong to lift all that rock
Stone Age people had amazing knowledge of physics and engineering.
Who was the artist of the week?
(a)
What does this artist create?
Bronze sculptures of pandas
huge canvases made in India
amazingly carved ostrich eggs
huge weblike floating net scultpures
