Question

People were buried with boat-shaped axes in the Battle Axe culture that likely brought the Indo-European language to this region. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this multinational region where many ship burials were conducted by the Norse.
ANSWER: Scandinavia [accept Scandinavian Peninsula; prompt on Nordic countries; prompt on Northern Europe; prompt on Denmark or Norway or Sweden by asking "what region is that country a part of?"]
[10h] The pre-Indo-European culture, supplanted by the Battle Axe culture, made collective graves called dolmens out of these objects. The name for a kind of these objects called menhirs comes from the Breton language.
ANSWER: stones [or rocks; or liths; accept megaliths; accept standing stones]
[10m] The Battle Axe culture was an offshoot of a culture named for producing "corded" examples of this product. Pieces of this product are called ostraka, which is the root word of "ostracism."
ANSWER: pottery [or pots; or wares; or ceramics; accept jars or vases or amphorae; accept Corded Ware culture]
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