Before Christmas

Question 1

What is a secondary source?

Answer 1

Second hand evidence-not directly from the past

Question 2

What is carbon 14

Answer 2

This a method used to date fossils. When a living thing dies it releases carbon 14. The older the object the less carbon 14

Question 3

What is dendrochronology?

Answer 3

The method used to date wooden objects. You count the rings or patterns

Question 4

The steps of a dig are?

Answer 4

1. get permission from the government
2. clear the land
3. grid the land
4. use tools to help excavate

Question 5

Name some tools used by archaologists?

Answer 5

Trowel-to dig
Sieve-make sure nothing is lost
Brushes-dust objects
Sight book-to record what was found

Question 6

Name some ways archaologists find objects?

Answer 6

Aerial photography
Excavation
Geophysical servays
By accident

Question 7

What is paleolithic?

Answer 7

Old Stone Age

Question 8

What is Mesolithic?

Answer 8

Middle Stone Age

Question 9

How did the first settlers in Ireland arrive?

Answer 9

In dug out canoes

Question 10

What does hunter gather mean?

Answer 10

This means they hunted and animals and gathered fruits and nuts

Question 11

What is a micro lint?

Answer 11

A small sharp tool(like a knife)

Question 12

What was a hearth?

Answer 12

It was the fireplace in the centre of the home

Question 13

What was the midden?

Answer 13

A heap of kitchen waste found at ancient sites

Question 14

Describe what a house looked like in the Mesolithic stage?

Answer 14

They lived in a wooden circular hut. Wooden branches called saplings were bent into shape and covered with animal skins

Question 15

In the Neolithic stage what did they eat?

Answer 15

They began to clear away the forest and grow crops

Question 16

What houses dos they live in the Neolithic stage?

Answer 16

They lived in rectangular houses

Question 17

What is wattle and daub?

Answer 17

Wattle:method of weaving sticks
Daub:mix of straw and mud used for insulation

Question 18

What is a court cairn?

Answer 18

A burial custom in the Neolithic stage
Built from 2 standing stones. An entrance made up of two upright stones. There is a passage built leading to the burial chamber

Question 19

What is a dolmen?

Answer 19

A burial custom in the Neolithic stage. Consists of 3 standing stones with a huge capstone placed on top

Question 20

What is a passage tomb?

Answer 20

A burial custom in the Neolithic stage. Most impressive burial custom. A long passage leads to a chamber deep inside. The walls inside are made up of large upright slates

Question 21

What is bronze made out of?

Answer 21

Tin-imported from South England

Copper-mined from mount Gabriel

Question 22

What is smelting?

Answer 22

The process in which copper and Tim are melted together.

Question 23

What happened after it was smelted?

Answer 23

It was beaten into shape or poured into moulds

Question 24

How did they make flour?

Answer 24

They grinded it together using quern stones

Question 25

What was the fulacht fiadh?

Answer 25

A large rectangular hole filled with water. Roasting hot stones were added and then put into the hole to make the water boiling. The meat was then wrapped in straw and placed in the hole to cook

Question 26

What is a wedge tomb?

Answer 26

A burial custom in the Bronze Age. Vertical stones supporting a large flat stone at an angle. Looks like a wedge from the side.

Question 27

What is a cist grave

Answer 27

A burial custom in the Bronze Age. Much simpler and common. Visited of a grave with stones around the edge which the body was then placed in a crouch position. A large flat stone was then placed over the grave

Question 28

What were stone circles?

Answer 28

Monoliths were placed in a circle shape usually aligned in some way with the sun and may have been part of sun worship

Question 29

What were the celts known as?

Answer 29

The Gauls

Question 30

How do we know so much about the celts?

Answer 30

1. celtic myths and ledgends 2. descriptions from the Greeks n Romans 3. archaological discovery

Question 31

What type of clothes dos they wear?

Answer 31

They wore brightly coloured clothing. They used berries to dye the clothes.

Question 32

What was ogham?

Answer 32

Ogham was a series of notches ingraved in a stone

Question 33

What were Celtic priests called?

Answer 33

Druids

Question 34

Describe the Celtic festival Samhain?

Answer 34

The most important festival that marked the beginning of a year

Question 35

Describe the Celtic festival bealtaine?

Answer 35

Sacrifices made for harvest Cattle were driven between 2 fires Ensured protection against disease

Question 36

What was a tuath?

Answer 36

A Celtic Kingdom

Question 37

What is a primary source?

Answer 37

A source directly from the past