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Pre-history can be sorted into 3 different ages, name them.

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The Stone Age
The Bronze Age
The Iron Age

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Explain the term bias.

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A one sided account

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True or false

Hunter gathers moved around a lot?

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True

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What 2 places did the first settlers come from?

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  1. Scotland

2. Wales

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Besides being a grave, what else did archeologists believe passage graves were for?

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They were used as a calendar to remind farmers that winter was nearly over and to prepare the land for planting crops.

That the Neolithic farmers worshipped the sun.

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What is stratigraphy?

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Stratigraphy is the study of the layers of the soil

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6
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True or false

The deeper an artefact is found (in the ground) the older it is.

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True

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What is the correct term used for taking a picture from the air?

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Aerial photography

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8
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True or false

Our ancestors lived on higher ground than us.

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False

we are living on higher ground than them

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9
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Name 7 tools that archaeologists use.

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Trowel
Toothbrush 
Sieve
Brush
Hand brush 
Polythene bag
Photographic scales
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9
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Name 2 ways that an archaeologist can find out the age of an object.

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  1. Carbon 14 dating

2. Dendrochronology

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10
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Explain geographical surveys.

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This is a method that uses metal detectors or other electronic devices to find an object under ground

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12
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True or false

Plants grew after the ice age.

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True

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13
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When did the ice age end?

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10 000 BC

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Explain what dendrochronology means.

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Dendro chronology is the study of tree rings. When the weather is good the rings are far apart, but when the rings are close together it suggests the weather was bad like a drought

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15
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Do archaeologist work like detectives or like doctors?

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Detectives

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Explain the term carbon 14 dating. (How)

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This is how archaeologists can tell the age of a living thing. Every living thing has carbon14 and when it dies it decreases.

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18
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What 4 things did the archaeologists find at Mt. Sandle Co. Derry?

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  1. Bones
  2. Postholes
  3. Flint
  4. A hearth
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What were the houses made from at the time of the Stone Age?

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Young saplings covered in animal skins or rushes

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What were mattocks used for?

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They were used to turn the soil so the farmers could grow crops

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Where did the first irish settlers settle?

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They settled in Mt Sandle Co. Derry

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What was the kitchen waste that was thrown outside the house called?

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Midden

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23
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What is an artefact?

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An artefact is a man made object

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23
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Where are old records kept safely?

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Archive

Arkive

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23
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Explain the term microlits.

A

Small tools made from stone

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26
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What were needles made from in the Stone Age?

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Bone

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27
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How did the first settlers get to Ireland?

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Dugout canoes

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28
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What were clothes made from during the Stone Age?

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Animal skins

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29
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What was the name given to farmers when they first came to Ireland?

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Neolithic farmers

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30
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How long is carbon 14 dating accurate for?

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Carbon 14 dating is accurate up to 50 000 years

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True of false

Framers moved around a lot?

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False

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32
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True or false

The farmers developed spinning and weaving and made dyes from plants to colour the clothes.

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True

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33
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True or false

Neolithic farmers grew crops an kept animals.

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True

34
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Explain a primary source.

A

A source made or written at the time the event took place

35
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True or false

The farmers were more skilled than the early settlers.

A

True

36
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Were the houses from the Neolitch Stone Age big and kept out the wind and the rain OR were the houses small and let the rain in?

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The houses were big and kept out the wind and rain

37
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Where was the food stored during the neolithic Stone Age?

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In clay pots

39
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What were the first tools made from?

A

Stone

40
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Explain the term field walking.

A

Walking along a field to find an object of interest

41
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How did the farmers divide up their land?

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They divided up their land with stone walls

41
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What were houses made from during the Neolithic Stone Age?

A

Houses were made from wood/stone or both

42
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What was wattle and daub used for?

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Wattle: placing thick posts in the ground and weaving branches between them.

Daub: a mixture of straw and mud stuck on to the wattle.

43
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What were the clothes made from?

A

Animal skins and sheeps wool

44
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Name 2 tools that the farmers built.

A
  1. A stone axe

2. A mattock

45
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Where was food cooked at the time of the Neolithic Stone Age
A. On the floor
B. In the oven
C. Outside beside the lake

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A. On the floor

46
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True or false

The houses from the Stone Age where weaker than the houses than the Neolithic Stone Age.

A

True

47
Q

Describe what was in the house during the Neolithic Stone Age.

A

There was a fire place in the middle of the floor and there was a hole in the roofs for the chimney

48
Q

When did the Bronze Age start?

A

2 000 BC

49
Q

Name 3 types of tombs.

A

Dolmen
Court Cairn
Passage Grave

51
Q

Name one example of where a dolmen is today.

A

Kilcloony in Co. Donegal

52
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What time did Neolithic farmers come to Ireland?

A

4 000 BC

52
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What shape were the houses during the Neolithic Stone Age?

A

Rectangular

53
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True of false

In the dolmen bodies could be cremated or buried?

A

True

53
Q

True or false

People believed in the after life.

A

True

54
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What did people leave with the dead bodies?

A

They left food, jewellery or pottery- death goods

55
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How many stones does the dolmen have?

A

4

56
Q

Explain a secondary source.

A

A second hand source, written or made by someone who has not witnessed the event

57
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True or false

The dolmen and the court cairn were both covered in earth after someone had buried them.

A

True

58
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What does dolmen mean?

A

It means stone table

60
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On what date does the winter solstice occur?

A

The 21st December every year

61
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True or false

The passage grave was the most impressive type of grave

A

True

61
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What is a roof box?

A

A roof box is a little hole above the main entrance which allowed sun light to travel in and light up the whole passage

62
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What is a corbeled roof?

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A roof built by placing each layer of stone slightly sticking out from the ones below (no central support).

62
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Why was bronze so widely used?

A

Because it could be melted and moulded easily

64
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How many years ago was the passage grave built?

A

5 000 years ago

65
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What did the Bronze Age people make from bronze?

A

They made

  1. Weapons
  2. House hold goods
  3. Farming tools
66
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What were the roofs of the houses like at the time of the Neolithic Stone Age?

A

They were straw roofs

66
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What was the common farm tool made from bronze?

A

A sickle

67
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Where did the gold come from during the Bronze Age?

A

The Wicklow rivers

68
Q

What is a lunulae?

A

It was a piece of gold jewellery worn be the rich (necklace)

69
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Name 2 types of graves used during the Bronze Age.

A

Cist grave

Wedge tomb

70
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What is a cist grave?

A

A shallow pit covered by a large flat stone

71
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Describe a wedge tomb.

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Made of stone slabs. Long and narrow at the back, high and. Wide at the front and covered in earth (soil)

73
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What were stone circles used for?

A

Archaeologist are not sure but they may have been used for a place of worship or as a calendar for Bronze Age farmers.

74
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What is bronze made from?

A

Tin and copper

74
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What did Bronze Age people cook in?

A

Large bronze cauldrons

75
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Describe hoe Bronze Age people cooked

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  1. They dug a hole in damp soil.
  2. They lined the hole with stones or wood and filled it with water.
  3. They heated the water by placing heated stoned into the water trough.
  4. This was called a fulachta fiadh.
76
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Give one example of a passage grave.

A

New grange Co. Meath

77
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Give one example of a court cairn.

A

Creeked Co. Sligo

79
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What is a stone circle?

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Stone circles were made by placing a large upright stones in the gound in a circle

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