{"id":12795,"date":"2023-07-05T12:21:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T06:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12795"},"modified":"2025-04-01T21:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T16:17:41","slug":"orkney-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/orkney-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Orkney Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Orkney Islands:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an archipelago consisting of 70 individual islands, of which only 20 are inhabited.<\/li>\n<li>The Orkney Islands can be found roughly 10 miles off the <strong>north coast of Scotland.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The islands have been inhabited since <strong>prehistoric times<\/strong> and are home to numerous archaeological sites, including Neolithic stone circles, chambered tombs (such as Maeshowe).<\/li>\n<li>The four monuments that <strong>make up the Heart of Neolithic Orkney<\/strong> are unquestionably among the most important Neolithic sites in Western Europe.<\/li>\n<li>These are the Ring of Brodgar, Stones of Stenness, Maeshowe and Skara Brae.<\/li>\n<li>Heart of Neolithic Orkney is designated as <strong>UNESCO world Heritage site.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What is archipelago?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>An archipelago is a term used to <strong>describe a group or chain of islands<\/strong> that are closely scattered in a body of water, such as a sea, ocean, lake, or river.<\/li>\n<li>These islands are typically <strong>formed through geological processes<\/strong> such as volcanic activity, tectonic movements, or the accumulation of sediment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the Neolithic period?<\/h3>\n<p>The Neolithic period, also known as the New Stone Age, was a significant period in human history characterized by the transition from a nomadic, hunter-gatherer lifestyle to settled farming communities. It is considered a major milestone in the development of human civilization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/07\/03\/scotlands-orkney-islands-consider-quitting-the-uk-to-join-norway.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Scotland\u2019s iconic Orkney Islands considering quitting Britain to become part of Norway<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orkney Islands is an archipelago consisting of 70 individual islands, of which only 20 are inhabited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}