Quiz Questions:
(Prehistoric) We still do not know exactly what Stonehenge is or what purpose it served. Rumored to have been built by Merlin the magician, Stonehenge may have served religious purposes for the Druids of the Middle Ages. It could have also been used as a tool to track the movement of the sun as it related to harvest times. One lighter possibility is that is was used as a gathering place for celebrations.
(Greek) The Greek culture paved the way for a lot of our modern ideas and fields of study including mathematics, democracy, sculpture, literature, philosophy and architecture.
(Roman) The Coliseum had both cultural and architectural significance. Culturally it provided a source of entertainment for the population as well as a crude but effective method of teaching them fighting techniques. Architecturally it was a colossal achievement for the time period being the largest structure of it’s time and holding a mind boggling 50,000 people.
(Middle Ages) The span of the era known as the Middles ages lasted from around 400 A.D. to 1400A.D.
(Renaissance) Three main artists of the renaissance were Raphael, Michelangelo, and daVinci. Their works include Disputa, Pieta, and the Mona Lisa respectively.