Chapter 05 - The Megalith Builders

Question 1

Ch. 5: Megalith monuments are the ruins of what age?

Answer 1

Neolithic

Question 2

Ch. 5: In Medieval times, what megalithic structure was known as Chorea gigantium, or “Giants Dance”?

Answer 2

Stonehenge

Question 3

Ch. 5: What is a menhir?

Answer 3

Simplest, singular freestanding stone monument.

Question 4

Ch. 5: A large stone used in construction of a megalithic monument is a ________ .

Answer 4

Orthostat

Question 5

Ch. 5: Term for the construction of a Megalithic monument with three stones: two vertical, one horizontal.

Answer 5

Trilith

Question 6

Ch. 5: What is a circular chamber made of stones called?

Answer 6

Passage grave

Question 7

Ch. 5: What are the oldest freestanding stone structures?

Answer 7

The megalithic temples on the island of Malta

Question 8

Ch. 5: Archaeologists in Malta created a separate period between the Neolithic and Bronze and Iron periods, what is that period called?

Answer 8

The “Temple Period”

Question 9

Ch. 5: C. J. Thompson proposed a three aged system to classify prehistoric artifacts; what are their names?

Answer 9

Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age.

Question 10

Ch. 5: Temples at this site had D or C shaped chambers, or apses.

Answer 10

Malta.