What was the primary use of the wheel when it was first invented in Mesopotamia around 3500 BCE?
Civ Technology: Wheel

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Sara Maier
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
For transportation
For pottery
For warfare
For water regulation
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When did wheeled vehicles come into existence after the invention of the wheel?
Immediately after the wheel was invented
About 300 years later
1000 years later
5000 years later
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the wheel made of, as found in eastern Europe and West Asia 5,000 years ago?
Stone
Metal
Several planks of wood
Clay
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is NOT true about the solid wheels from the second half of the 4th millennium BC?
They were used on carts pulled by oxen or donkeys.
They were used to transport goods and people.
They were made entirely of metal.
They were used to take warriors into battle.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the Antikythera mechanism used for?
To grind grain
To transport water
To track the calendar
To pull wagons
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is NOT true about the Mesoamerican wheeled toys?
They were used for transportation.
They were invented despite the lack of domesticated animals to pull cargo.
They were small, pull-along toys.
People had to carry loads on their backs.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the primary use of early wheeled vehicles?
decoration
movement on land
movement on water
air travel
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