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Megaliths
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Megalith Vocabulary
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What did they think could have moved the stones?

 ice

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Is Stonehenge the only Megalith? 

no

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How many stones in the original Stonehenge?

80 something

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Where did the blue stones come from?

Wales

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What is prehistory?

time period before written records

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How many hours did Stonehenge take to build?

1.5 million to 3 million

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What is special about Stonehenge?

Its the most famous Megalith

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What is the three slab construction called?

Trilathon

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What made a Stone fall over, which led to renovations?

the wind

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What is a monument?

A statue or building that honors someone or something.

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Where were the 7 bodies from?

Wales

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What is a megalith?

A megalith is group of stones standing separately or together forming a structure.

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What holiday is the Stonehenge connected to?

Summer Solstice

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What is one of the old legends about who built Stonehenge that is probably not true.

Druids, Merlin the Magician, or Giants.
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What are ruins?

Something that used to be a structure but is now ruined, broken down.

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What did scientists find from the Stone Age that gave them a big clue?

A Stone Age log boat with weights in it

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What are the four types of megaliths?

Menhir, Stone Circle, Chamber, Alignment

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How come we will never know who built Stonehenge?

There are no written records and everyone is dead.

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When was Stonehenge build?

5000 to 3000 B.P.
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What does it mean to renovate something?

Improve it or make it better, restore to original condition

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What is the best theory, that Naked Science proved, about what could have moved the stones?

log boats

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What where the three materials the tools used to make Stonehenge were made out of? 

Stone

Bone

Wood

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Why is Stonehenge protected? Why can you only see it from a distance now?

The stones started to fall down and people were putting graffiti on it. 
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How much did each Stone weigh?

5 tons

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Using the prefix mono and what you know about a megalith, what is a monolith?

Mono=one

A monolith is the same thing as a megalith but with only one stone.

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