QUIZ 610

Check your Knowledge Quotient!


1. Groups of settlers began building the first known permanent houses on Scottish soil around 9,500 years ago, and the first villages around 6,000 years ago.

A. True
B. False
C. Both of the above
D. None of the above


2. Skara Brae, Europe's most intact Neolithic village, occupied from roughly 3180 to 2500 BC.
       
A. True
B. False
C. Both of the above
D. None of the above

           
3. Neolithic habitation, burial and ritual sites are particularly common and well-preserved in the Northern Isles and Western Isles, where a lack of trees led to most structures being built of local stone.

A. True
B. False
C. Both of the above
D. None of the above


4. Bronze Age people placed flowers in their graves.

A. True
B. False
C. Both of the above
D. None of the above


5. The Kingdom of the Picts (based in Fortriu by the 6th century) was the state that eventually became known as "Alba" or "Scotland".

A. True
B. False
C. Both of the above
D. None of the above

Best of luck!

Answers

1 – A, 2 – A, 3 – A, 4 – A, 5 – A