Stone Age to Iron Age: a Year 3 history quiz game

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Secret code joke

What is full of holes but still holds water?

Answer each question. Find the letter next to the right answer and write it in the box with the same number. The letters spell the punchline!

  1. Which came straight after the Stone Age?A the Bronze AgeC Roman BritainW the VikingsN the Iron Age
  2. Why do we call this time “prehistory”?F nobody lived in BritainT it happened in the futureS people in Britain did not write things downR there were no animals
  3. Bronze is made by mixing copper and which other metal?H silverP tinW ironI gold
  4. What shape were most homes in Iron Age Britain?Z squareB triangleO roundW star-shaped
  5. Which came just before the Romans arrived in Britain?M the Bronze AgeN the Iron AgeT the Stone AgeG the Anglo-Saxons
  6. How did people in the early Stone Age get food?G hunting animals and gathering plantsX buying it in shopsB growing crops on farmsS trading with the Romans
  7. Which of these periods came first?A the Iron AgeE the Stone AgeY Roman BritainI the Bronze Age
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Stone Age to Iron Age: a Year 3 history quiz game

Year 3 · Worksheet

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Circle the correct answer.

  1. Which famous stone monument was built in prehistoric times? Hadrian’s Wall     St Paul’s Cathedral     the Tower of London     Stonehenge
  2. What is Skara Brae? a Roman fort in Wales     an Iron Age hill fort     a Viking ship     a Stone Age village in Orkney
  3. Which of these periods came first? the Bronze Age     Roman Britain     the Iron Age     the Stone Age
  4. Which of these is a famous Iron Age hill fort? Stonehenge     Sutton Hoo     Maiden Castle     Skara Brae
  5. Which came just before the Romans arrived in Britain? the Iron Age     the Stone Age     the Anglo-Saxons     the Bronze Age
  6. How did people in the early Stone Age get food? buying it in shops     growing crops on farms     hunting animals and gathering plants     trading with the Romans
  7. What big change happened in the New Stone Age (the Neolithic)? people started farming     people started using iron     people started writing books     people built castles
  8. Bronze is made by mixing copper and which other metal? tin     gold     iron     silver
  9. Which came straight after the Stone Age? Roman Britain     the Vikings     the Iron Age     the Bronze Age
  10. Why do we call this time “prehistory”? there were no animals     people in Britain did not write things down     nobody lived in Britain     it happened in the future
  11. What is a hill fort? a stone circle     a type of boat     a Roman bath house     a settlement on a hill with big banks and ditches
  12. What were tools made of before people learned to use metal? bronze     stone, such as flint     iron     plastic
  13. Who studies objects from the past to find out how people lived? archaeologists     pilots     astronauts     chefs
  14. What shape were most homes in Iron Age Britain? square     triangle     star-shaped     round
  15. Why were iron tools better than bronze tools? iron was softer     iron floated on water     iron was stronger and easier to find     iron was shinier

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Stone Age to Iron Age: a Year 3 history quiz game

Year 3 · Answer sheet

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Secret code joke

What is full of holes but still holds water? A SPONGE

1. the Bronze Age (A) · 2. people in Britain did not write things down (S) · 3. tin (P) · 4. round (O) · 5. the Iron Age (N) · 6. hunting animals and gathering plants (G) · 7. the Stone Age (E)

Worksheet

  1. Which famous stone monument was built in prehistoric times? Stonehenge
  2. What is Skara Brae? a Stone Age village in Orkney
  3. Which of these periods came first? the Stone Age
  4. Which of these is a famous Iron Age hill fort? Maiden Castle
  5. Which came just before the Romans arrived in Britain? the Iron Age
  6. How did people in the early Stone Age get food? hunting animals and gathering plants
  7. What big change happened in the New Stone Age (the Neolithic)? people started farming
  8. Bronze is made by mixing copper and which other metal? tin
  9. Which came straight after the Stone Age? the Bronze Age
  10. Why do we call this time “prehistory”? people in Britain did not write things down
  11. What is a hill fort? a settlement on a hill with big banks and ditches
  12. What were tools made of before people learned to use metal? stone, such as flint
  13. Who studies objects from the past to find out how people lived? archaeologists
  14. What shape were most homes in Iron Age Britain? round
  15. Why were iron tools better than bronze tools? iron was stronger and easier to find

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