How bronze changed life in Britain | History | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

When did the Bronze Age begin in Britain?
- approximately two million years ago
- approximately four thousand years ago ✓
- approximately two thousand years ago
What material did people begin making objects from in the Bronze Age?
- bronze ✓
- silver
- plastic
- wood
__________ is made by melding together copper and tin?
- Bronze ✓
- Gold
- Silver
Starting with the first stage, put the stages of making bronze objects into the correct order.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  mining
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  smelting
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  melding
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  casting
The process of heating up ores to extract the metal is called __________.
- mining
- smelting ✓
- melding
- casting
The process of mixing two metals together is called __________.
- mining
- smelting
- melding ✓
- casting

What is a buried collection of artefacts called?
- a hoard ✓
- a crowd
- a range
What happened to the size of the population of Britain during the Bronze Age?
- It got smaller.
- Tt stayed the same.
- It got bigger. ✓
Which of these is a surplus?
- when you have more than you need ✓
- when you have less than you need
- when you have the exact amount you need
Why was bronze better for making tools than stone?
- It was softer.
- It was stronger. ✓
- It was dull.
- It could be made sharper. ✓
- It was long-lasting. ✓
Agriculture is the process of __________.
- building
- farming ✓
- hunting
- mining
What happened to the much of the wildwood during the Bronze Age?
- It was destroyed by the bad weather.
- It was chopped down to make space to grow food. ✓
- It was chopped down to build towns and cities.
- It grew and expanded naturally.

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Bronze was harder, longer lasting and could be made sharper than wood or stone tools.
This meant that larger areas of wildwood could be cleared for agriculture and more crops could be planted.
This meant that a surplus could be traded or stored in case of disaster.
Populations also grew as the land could support more people, who were needed for increased farming.
Archaeologists have found many examples of Bronze Age hoards in Britain. These hoards show how bronze was used.

Pupils might think that everything was made from bronze during the Bronze Age.

Items such as jewellery were often made from gold.

Hoard - a hoard is a buried store of goods
Agriculture - agriculture is the process of farming
Wildwood - wildwood a is naturally growing forest area
Surplus - a surplus is the amount left over of something when you have more than you need