The Megalithic Temples in the Maltese Islands


LIFE IN PREHISTORIC TIMES - THE ARRIVAL OF STONE-AGE PEOPLE IN PRE-HISTORIC TIMES - SHAPES, FORMS, TOOLS AND METHODS USED BY NEOLITHIC TEMPLE BUILDERS - THE MEGALITHIC TEMPLES OF HAGAR QIM AND IMNAJDRA - THE HYPOGEUM OF HAL SAFLIENI - THE MEGALITHIC TEMPLES OF HAL TARXIEN - OTHER "SECONDARY" MEGALITHIC TEMPLE REMAINS
NAME:_____________________ CLASS:-___________________ THE ARRIVAL OF STONE-AGE PEOPLE IN PRE-HISTORIC TIMES 1) Pre-History is ___________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2) An archeologist is________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Was Malta always an island? Give reasons for your answer. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 4) In order to explain and know about things in History, we need to have____________. The very important question to ask in History is "________________________________?" 5) From where did the first people in Malta come? Who were they/what did they do to survive? ______________________________________________________________________________________ 6) At first, they settled in the centre of Malta or around the coast? Give probable reasons. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 7) At first, where did they lived in _______________________ & later in _______________. 8) In Malta pottery remains were found at __________________, which is situated ____________________________________________________________________.__________________ 9) Why is this site very important?_______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 10) For what reasons could the Neolithic people have left Sicily for Malta? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 11) Imagine that you were one of the Neolithic people who left Sicily with your family on a small wooden raft & set sail for a long voyage to Malta? What dangerous situations and problems would you have encountered? Describe how such a long and uncertain voyage could have been.
1.Ghar Dalam & Skorba - 2.The arrival of Pre-Historic people in Malta - 3.Neolithic life in Malta - 4.The temple construction 5. The Shape of the Temples - 6. The Location of the major Temples - 7.Ta' Hagrat Temple - 8.Ggantija Temple - 9.Hagar Qim Temple 10. Imnajdra Temple - 11. The Hypogeum - 12. Tarxien Temples - 13. Borg in-Nadur Temple - 14. Other minor Megalithic Temple remains 15. Frequently Asked Questions - 16.Worksheets - 17.The Young Historians - 18.Bibliography - 19.Links