1. Could you survive in the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age?
Quiz
Could you survive in the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age?
by Jake W

2. Try to survive
An evil villain has made a time machine and sent you back in time and now you are trapped in the Prehistoric ages
You have to figure out how to stay alive and once you have done that you move to Bronze and then the Iron Age and find your way back to your own time

3. SHELTER
You are a caveman in the Stone Age and you need to find shelter to survive the night. Where do you go?
A cave
A car
Build a house
A cupboard

4. Correct! You need to find a cave
In the Stone Age they didn’t know how to build houses because they didn’t know what materials to use and they didn’t have tools that we have now.
The people lived in caves to protect themselves from the weather and from animals.
At night it would be very dark in the cave and there would be a fire.
They made cave paintings to show stories because they couldn’t talk a language yet.

5. FOOD
You are still in the Stone Age and you’re getting hungry. Where do you find food?
A bear
Salty crackers
Cheese sandwich
Watermelon

6. Correct! You would hunt a bear.
They didn’t know how to make other types of food.
Stone Age men would hunt, kill and eat animals. They would eat the meat and even the eyeballs.
They would use sharp stones and spears to peel the skin off the animal and use this as a coat.

7. WEAPONS
You are still in the Stone Age and you are hunting an animal to eat, what will you use?
A gun
A sword
A spear
A metal axe

8. Correct! In the Stone Age you would use a spear.
A spear is made of wood with a sharp pointy bit at the top or a sharp rock at the top. This is because it was the only materials they could find.

9. Congratulations!
You have made it to the Bronze Age People learned how to mine copper and tin to make bronze. The discovery of bronze was very important and changed a lot of things.

10. SHELTER
You are now in the Bronze Age and need to find somewhere to sleep for the night. Do you look for?
Underground mine
A condo
A round house with stone walls and a grass roof supported by sticks
A treehouse

11. Correct!
In the Bronze Age, the houses changed and were round with stone walls and a grass roof supported by sticks
There may be other families living in the same house. Also People started building house close together, it was the beginning of a little village.
There was a fire in the centre of the house. The idea of the round house is too keep all of the heat in and to keep the people warm.
Sometimes there would also be animals inside the house, like horses, cows or sheep!
It is going to smelly at all times.

12. FOOD
You’re getting hungry and need to eat. What food would you look for?
Strawberries
Pizza
Chocolate
French fries

13. Correct! You would eat strawberries.
In the Bronze Age, people started farming and can grow their food now.
They started to drink milk from cows and have porridge for the first time.
People learned how to make clay pots to cook in.
The wheel was invented which was very important. Wagons were made, they were pulled by animals on the new roads.

14. WEAPONS In the Bronze Age, what weapons did they start to use?
Metal spear
A fan
A Nerf gun
A cross bow

15. Correct!
You would use a metal spear as a weapon. This would be made out of bronze which is stronger than stone or wood.
Bronze is made of copper and tin. They started to mine for the first time to get these metals.
The people started to make more things from bronze and metal like swords, knives, bowls and axes.

16. Congratulations!
You have made it to the Iron Age Iron is now used more than bronze because it is stronger and easier to make things with. The Iron Age finished around the time the Romans invaded England.

17. SHELTER
Another tribe is going to attack you, where do you go for safety?
A hill fort
Under the bed
Behind a tree
In a ant hill

18. Correct! Yes, you would stay in the hill fort for protection.
Hill forts have big ditches & a big wooden fence
The land could also be used for farming

19. FOOD What would be your normal dinner in the Iron Age? Macaroni Cheese
Ice cream
Beef stew and bread
Rice

20. Correct! Stew and bread is a common meal
People were finding new ways and things to cook
They had learned how to grind grains in special stones to make flour for bread
Iron ploughs were used because they were stronger and easier to make

21. WEAPONS
What type of weapon would you choose to fight with in a battle?
Sword and shield
A lightsaber
Water gun
A paintbrush

22. Correct!
The main weapons used in the Iron Age were spears, shields and swords
Iron weapons are much stronger than bronze weapons

23. CONGRATULATIONS!
You have survived through the Ages Welcome back to your own time. Things are much easier these days!