The Bronze Age

The Bronze Age lasted:

• longer than the stone age
• a few hundred years
• a few thousand years
• twenty to thirty years

In the Bronze Age all of the following items were made of bronze except:

• statues
• eyeglass frames
• vessels
• tools

Copper was found inside rocks.  Removing the impurities was handled by:

• breaking shards off the rock
• washing off the sand and dirt
• heating to high temperature using charcoal
• heating to high temperature using wood

Features of Copper

• It was bright
• It shone in the sun
• As it aged it became covered in Patena
• It was hard enough to make better weapons

What is the alloy that makes bronze?

• Copper and  Charcoal
• Copper and Tin
• Copper and Aluminum
• Copper and Iron