How the Wheel Was Invented (3500 BC, Mesopotamia) — Questions and answers
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Where are Zaire and Karim going to travel to witness the invention of the wheel?
Choices
- A) A world without wheels
- B) Mesopotamia, 3500 BCE ✓
- C) A place to build many things
- D) The Chrono-Compass factory
Answer: B) Mesopotamia, 3500 BCE
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What did Karim say Mesopotamia was known as?
Choices
- A) The land of donkeys
- B) The land between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates ✓
- C) The land of sun-baked earth
- D) The land of loud shouts
Answer: B) The land between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates
From page 5
What was the potter using the wheel for in Mesopotamia?
Choices
- A) To travel around
- B) To spin cloth
- C) To shape clay ✓
- D) To build chariots
Answer: C) To shape clay
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How did the workers first react to Zaire's idea about using rollers?
Choices
- A) They were very excited
- B) They cheered loudly
- C) They looked skeptical ✓
- D) They felt encouraged
Answer: C) They looked skeptical
From page 9
What did Zaire write in his journal about the wheel?
Choices
- A) That it was a very difficult idea to understand
- B) That it began with spaceships and ended with potter's wheels
- C) That it started with potter's wheels and led to spaceships ✓
- D) That he was excited about new inventions in the swirling nebula
Answer: C) That it started with potter's wheels and led to spaceships
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