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The Bronze Age

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About 4,000 years ago the people of Britain learned how to make bronze, a metal created by mixing copper and tin. This new skill gives the period its name, the Bronze Age. It followed the Stone Age, and it came before the Iron Age, so the order to remember is Stone, then Bronze, then Iron.

Bronze Age people lived in simple round homes known as roundhouses. When someone died, they were buried in tombs called round barrows, which were mounds raised over the dead. These details about homes and burials often appear in test questions, so it is worth fixing them in your mind.

The people of this age were also highly skilled metalworkers. As well as bronze, they worked with gold, crafting tools for everyday use, weapons for hunting and fighting, and fine ornaments and jewellery. Their craftsmanship shows a society that was becoming more settled and more advanced than the hunter-gatherers who came before them.

Memory tip: Bronze Age: roundhouses, round barrows for burials, fine bronze and gold metalwork.

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In which type of home did people live during the Bronze Age?

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The Bronze Age: questions, answers and explanations

  1. 1. In which type of home did people live during the Bronze Age?

    • Roman villas
    • Castles
    • Roundhouses
    • Terraced houses

    Correct answer: Roundhouses

    Bronze Age people lived in roundhouses.

  2. 2. What were the tombs called in which Bronze Age people buried their dead?

    • Long ships
    • Hill forts
    • Cathedrals
    • Round barrows

    Correct answer: Round barrows

    Bronze Age people buried their dead in tombs called round barrows.

  3. 3. Bronze Age people were accomplished metalworkers in bronze and which other metal?

    • Steel
    • Iron
    • Aluminium
    • Gold

    Correct answer: Gold

    Bronze Age metalworkers made objects from bronze and gold.

  4. 4. The Bronze Age began before the Iron Age.

    • True
    • False

    Correct answer: True

    True. The Bronze Age came first, followed by the Iron Age.

  5. 5. Which of these statements is correct?

    • The Bronze Age came before the Iron Age in Britain
    • The Iron Age came before the Bronze Age in Britain

    Correct answer: The Bronze Age came before the Iron Age in Britain

    The Bronze Age came first, then the Iron Age.

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