The metal ages: Eneolithic, Bronze and Iron
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write a table of the differences between stone, copper, bronze and iron tools.
Stone — oldest; copper — soft; bronze — copper and tin, harder; iron — hardest but hard to work.
2
Write a short story of 4–5 sentences about Sopollitepa.
In Surkhandarya, Muzrabod district; mud-brick houses, a workshop, bronze tools, wheat and barley in jars; a settlement of Bronze Age farmers.
3
Why was making iron tools harder than copper ones? Explain.
Working iron needs very high temperatures, so it was a complicated process.
4
Write the metal ages in order: Eneolithic, Bronze, Iron. Give each one’s date.
Eneolithic — 4th to mid-3rd millennium BCE; Bronze — from the mid-3rd millennium BCE; Iron — in Central Asia from the 9th–8th centuries BCE.