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It is the old stone age

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Paleolithic

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It is the middle stone age

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Mesolithic

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It is the new stone age

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Neolithic

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Paleo means ______

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old

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Lithos is a greek word means ______

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stone

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The people in this age are nomadic hunter gatherers

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Paleolithic age

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It emphasizes that everyone deserves equal rights

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Egalitarian

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These ages believe in egalitarian

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Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic

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It is a belief in inanimate objects and supernatural power

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Animism

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It is early forms of worshipping

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Shamanism

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evidence of early human occupancy comes from _______

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painting

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cave that is discovered in France in 1940

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Lau caux cave montignac nice

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a cave that is discovered in France in 1994

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Chauvet cave Ardeche

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when did cave arts started?

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65,000 years ago during neanderthals

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what animals are depicted in cave arts?

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mammoth, lions, horses, aurochs, and deers

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what pigments were used in cave art?

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black and red

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Meso means ______

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middle

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This age where people begin to settle near fresh water source

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Mesolithic

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This age where they begin to raise animal and produce food

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Mesolithic

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These ages belief in animism and shamanism

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Paleolithic and Mesolithic

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This age is the beginning of architectural

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Mesolithic

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They began to built temporary dwellings

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Mesolithic

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This hut’s roof is made of leaves

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bambuti hut

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This hut’s roof is made of grass

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tongus hut

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This hut is made of animal skin
Lapp tent
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This hut is made from mammoth bones and its roof is made with animal skin
Molodova hut
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Neo means ______
new
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In this age, they began to settled in villages and towns
Neolithic
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Trading started in this age
Neolithic
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In this age, they worship great goddess and shows feminine imagery
Neolithic
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This age started farming village and permanent dwellings
Neolithic
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This material is used to built when the place has an arid climate
mudbrick
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This material is used to built when the place has a temperate climate
wood
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This age is the beginning of distinction of buildings
Neolithic
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This building is located in Cyprus Island
Khirokitia
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When was Khirokitia built?
4000 BCE-2500 BCE
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It has a semi-circle on the flanks of a steep hill
Khirokitia
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What is the population of the Khirokitia?
500 people
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houses in Khirokitia are built in _______
limestone
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what is the diameter of the houses in Khirokitia?
2-9 meters
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roofs in Khirokitia are ______ and made of _______
flat; timber
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It is located in central Anatolia (modern city of Konya)
Catal Huyuk
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Catal huyuk is built in
7400 BCE
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This building has no doors and windows
Catal Huyuk
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what year the Catal huyuk has a population of 8000?
3000 BCE
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how people are there in Catal Huyuk during 3000 BCE?
8000 people
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the roofs of Catal huyuk are ________
rectangular flat roofs
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This building has no passageway and street
Catal huyuk
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How did the people in Catal huyuk enter their houses?
Through roof via ladder
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walls of catal huyuk are made of ________
mudbricks
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it is the oldest city
Jericho
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who is the owner of Jericho City
Palestine
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It is the lowest city
Jericho
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how many meters below sea level is the Jericho?
258 meters
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This city is located in Syria
Damascus
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It is the oldest continuous inhabited city
Damascus
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What are the 2 kinds of megalithic
It serves as a places of the dead and tracking the course of time and understanding cosmos
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what are the 4 basic forms of megalithic
menhir, dolmen, cromlech, and tumulus
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It is a large single upright standing stone
menhir
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free standing chamber
dolmen
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it is also called a stone table
dolmen
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it is a group of stones
cromlech
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it is also called an altar tomb
cromlech
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it is a mound of earth and stones
tumulus
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it has a roof tomb structures
dolmen
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it is used to commemorate and used for rituals and ceremonies
dolmen
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This structure is located in Brittany, France
Kerloas Menhir
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It is the longest menhir in europe
Kerloas Menhir
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What is the height of Kerloas Menhir?
9.5 meters
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This structure is located in Country Clare, Ireland
Poulnabrone Dolmen
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66% of dolmens are located in what country
South Korea
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This building is located in Evora Portugal
Almendres Cromlech
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It is a famous example of cromlech
Stonehedge
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This structure is located in Ireland
New grange burial chamber
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New grange burial chamber is built during
3200 BCE
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New grange burial chamber has a diamater of _______
79-85 meters
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How many meter is the passageway of New grange burial chamber?
19 meters
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This structure has an air passageway called ______
roof box lintes
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This structure is located in Pebbler Ohia
Great serpent mound
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What is the length and height of great serpent mound?
l=441 meters h= 0.90 meters
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It is the largest effigy mound
great serpent mound
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Stonehenge is located in ______
Salisbury Plains
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Oldest temple in pre history
Gobekli Tepe
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When was Jericho built and what location?
9000 BCE in Jordan River

History of Architecture 1 (2 decks)

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