Тест №3

1. True or false?

1. Stonehenge was built by the Druids.

2. The monument was completed in about 500 BC with the arrival in Britain of the Beaker people.

3. Stonehenge is about 5000 years old.

4. Some modern scholars consider Stonehenge to be a temple of the Lord of Death.

5. The Druids worshipped the Sun-god.

6. The British government began to restore Stonehenge in 1922.

7. According to one local legend, Stonehenge was built by the devil in a week.

8. Druistic festivals are no longer held today.

9. Ley lines existed only in Britain.

10. When the Romans conquered Britain, they began to use Stonehenge for their own religious practices.

 

2. Can you do the puzzle?

ACROSS:

1. The time of day when Stonehenge is especially beautiful.

2. A ceremonial act for a religious reason.

3. The huge stone at the entrance of Stonehenge.

8. This tree was particularly worshipped by the Druids.

9. The burning star in the sky around which the Earth moves.

10. An important astronomical event.

13. The shape of Stonehenge.

15. A legendary king of Britain.

16. The English for “ров”.

18. A hole in the ground.

20. Some scientists think that Stonehenge was built as an ________ to study the sun, the moon, and the stars.

21. What empire conquered Britain in 43 AD?

22. A building or place for the worship of a god or gods.

 

DOWN:

 

1. A member of an ancient Celtic order of priests, teachers of religion, and magicians.

4. The bluestones were brought to Stonehenge from _______.

5. The people which erected at Stonehenge a circle of huge bluestones.

6. Stonehenge is a remarkable prehistoric ________.

7. A plain in Wiltshire.

11. The English for “раскопки”

12. To see or describe a future event in advance.

13. A member of an ancient group of people who were living in Britain before the arrival of the Romans.

14. The colour of the biggest stones at Stonehenge.

17. A special formal, solemn, and long-established action.

18. A large stretch of flat land.

19. According to one legend, Stonehenge was built by the _________ in a single night.

20. A society of people who lived according to a particular set of religious rules.

Тема №4: Культура Древнего Египта.