- Drag and drop the ages to their descriptions:
- anvil - a heavy iron block on which metals are hammered into shapes
- bronze - a metal made of copper and tin
- copper - a bendable, reddish-brown metal
- iron - a strong, hard, silver-white metal
- ore - a rock or mineral containing metal
- forge - a furnace where metal is heated
- Choose the best answer.
In 1455, German inventor Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press.
- Choose the best answer.
Before the printing press, books were copied by hand.
- Select THREE benefits of the printing press.
- More books meant more people in a community could learn skills.
- More people could afford to read books.
- More books meant more information could be recorded.
- Match the statements with the ages. You will use answers more than once.
- the earliest age - needed anvils to hammer the metal into weapons and tools
- mixed together metals to make stronger tools and weapons - created strong tools by melting metals in forges
- created strong tools by melting metals in forges - poured a liquid metal into clay molds to create weapons and tools
- poured a liquid metal into clay molds to create weapons and tools - mixed together metals to make stronger tools and weapons
- needed anvils to hammer the metal into weapons and tools - the earliest age
(Note: The exact ages were not provided, so the matching may need adjusting depending on the specific ages represented in the content you have.)
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