Early Britain Flashcards
What type of people were Stone Age men in Britain (how did they live)?
Hunter-Gatherers
How was Stone Age Britain connected to the continent?
By a land bridge
Doggerland (also called Dogger Littoral) was an area of land, now submerged beneath the southern North Sea, that connected Great Britain to continental Europe.
What type of migration did the Stone Age land bridge between Britain and the continent allow?
Herds of deer and horses and the people who hunted them
When did Britain get permanently separated from the continent?When did the English Channel form?
10,000 years ago
8,000 BC
When did the first farmers arrive in Britain?
6,000 years ago
4,000 BC
4,000 years after Britain got separated from the continent
Where did the ancestors of the first farmers in Britain probably come from?
South-East Europe
What did the first farmers (4,000 BC) build?
Houses
Tombs
Monuments
Name a Stone Age monument that still stands in South-West Britain today?
Stonehenge
In which British county will you see Stonehenge?
Wiltshire
What is it thought Stonehenge was used for?
Special gathering place for Seasonal Ceremonies
What is “Skara Brae”?
The best preserved Stone Age (prehistoric) village in Northern Europe
Where is Skara Brae?
Scotland, Orkney
Orkney is an island of the North coast of Scotland
What has Skara Brae helped archeologist understand?
How people lived near the end of the Stone Age
When did the Bronze Age start in Britain?
4,000 years ago
2,000 BC
2,000 years after the Stone Age
What type of building did Bronze Age man live in?
Roundhouses
What are Bronze Age tombs called?
Round barrows
What noticeable craft did Bronze Age man develop?
Metalworking Bronze and Gold
What type of Bronze and Gold objects did Bronze Age metalworkers make?
Tools
Ornaments
Weapons
What age followed the Bronze Age?
The Iron Age
What are the larger settlements that Iron Age men sometimes defended called?
Hill forts
Can you name a surviving hill fort?
Maiden Castle
In which county can you see Maiden Castle hill fort?
Dorset
What was Iron Age man likely to work as?
Farmer
Craft worker
Warrior
What languages were people speaking during the Iron Age?
A language related to Celtic
Where can you still hear languages related to Iron Age Celtic spoken today?
In part of: Wales, Ireland, Scotland
In which age were the first minted coins made in Britain?
The Iron Age
