Bronze Age Quiz

What marked the beginning of the Bronze Age?

• The invention of the wheel

• The use of stone tools

• The discovery of copper

• The rise of states or kingdoms

Which civilization may have been the first to start adding tin to copper to make bronze?

• Ancient Sumer

• Mycenaean Greece

• Shang Dynasty China

• Babylonia

What technological advances were made during the Bronze Age?

• The invention of writing systems

• The invention of the wheel

• The invention of bronze

• The invention of iron

Which region is often called 'the cradle of civilization'?

• Greece

• China

• Middle East

• British Isles

Which Bronze Age civilization built large stepped pyramid temples called ziggurats?

• Mycenaean Greece

• Ancient Egypt

• Sumer

• Shang Dynasty China

Which Bronze Age civilization created one of the world's earliest written legal codes?

• Mycenaean Greece

• Babylonia

• Assyria

• Minoan civilization

Which Bronze Age civilization is considered the first advanced civilization in Europe?

• Mycenaean Greece

• Minoan civilization

• Shang Dynasty China

• Assyria

What caused the Bronze Age collapse?

• Severe droughts

• Earthquakes

• Famine

• Invasion by nomadic tribes

Which major Bronze Age civilizations fell within a short period of time?

• Mycenaean Greece

• Hittite Empire

• Ancient Egypt

• All of the above

What metal replaced bronze at the end of the Bronze Age?

• Copper

• Iron

• Tin

• Gold