Prehistoric Architecture Quiz

Why did man seek shelter?

• Protection from elements of nature

• Comfort to sleep and rest

• Food storage

• Perpetuation of human life

• Tradition

What are the three cultural stages in the evolution of man?

• Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age

• Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic

• Nomadic, Sedentary, Agricultural

• Primitive, Advanced, Modern

Under what age is the Paleolithic, Mesolithic/ Middle Stone Age, and Neolithic?

• Bronze Age

• Stone Age

• Iron Age

• Middle Ages

*stones and bones as tools
• hunting and food gathering
• nomadic, lived in caves and rock shelters

• Neolithic

• Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age

• Paleolithic

• - fashioned stone tools like the bow
  - made canoe for fishing
  - nomadic and sedentary
  - built huts from bones, animal hides, reeds and grass

• Neolithic

• Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age

• Paleolithic

• - polished stone tools for grinding, cutting and chopping
  - agriculture and domesticated animals
  - built huts of stones and mud
  - practiced burial rituals and built tombs

• Neolithic

• Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age

• Paleolithic

• - metalworking with bronze
  - houses of wood and stones with conical thatched roofs in a
  farm
  - developed the writing system like the cuneiform and
  hieroglyphicsiddle Stone Age, and Neolithic

• Bronze Age

• Stone Age

• Iron Age

• Middle Ages

• - weapons were iron and steel
  - houses of mud, stone and wood with thatched roofs
  - communities lived in hill forts with religious beliefs, traditions
  and culture

• Bronze Age

• Stone Age

• Iron Age

• Middle Ages

There are 4 types of Megaliths

• True

• False

is a large stone, sometimes forming part of a group.