Bronze & Iron Age

What were tools and weapons made of in the Bronze Age?

• Plastic

• Flint

• Bronze

• Iron

Bronze is an alloy of ......

• iron and tin

• gold and copper

• silver and tin

• copper and tin

How is Bronze made?

• Mining it from caves

• Smelting

• Found at the bottom of rivers

• Melting

Metals can be found in some rocks called...

• Log

• Ore

• Shell

• Flint

The Bronze Age in Ireland was between

• 7000BC and 5000BC

• 500 BC and 500 AD

• 4000 BC and 2000 BC

• 2000 BC and 500 BC

Smiths worked with bronze to make tools, weapons and jewellery

• True

• False

Identify the harvesting tool, used in farming.

• plow

• sickle

• axe

Explain how a Fulacht Fiadh cooked food:

• Meat cooked over a spit

• Meat cooked in boiling water in a pit

• Meat put into the fire to cook

• Meat was eaten raw

Which of the following 2 graves were Bronze Age graves

• Cist Tomb

• Passage Tombs

• Dolmens

• Wedge Tomb

The Iron Age is the period after the ______________.

• Stone Age

• Bronze Age

• Copper Age