Ötzi, the Iceman. 2
You're going to investigate Ötzi, the Iceman. Just answer the questions below using the texts and images in this website. Good luck! (you may cut or copy the questionaire into a wordprocessor like Word and print it)
NAME:...................................................................GROUP/YEAR.....................
1 Use the information in this website. When did Ötzi live?
A ± 5300
B.C.
B ± 3300 B.C.
C ± 2000 B.C.
D ± 300 B.C.
2 How do
historians call the period the Iceman lived in?
A Prehistory
B Antiquity
C Middle Ages
D Early-Modern Age
3 How do
archeologists know how the Iceman looked like and what diseases he was suffering
from?
More than 1 answer might be correct.
A The body was
found in pretty good shape.
B Parts of his clothing were found.
C Some belongings and pieces of clothing were found on the near the body.
D Scientists found texts from that time which gave enough information on Iceman
Ötzi.
E Bacteria found on his body and x-ray photograpphs reveal a lot of information.
The next couple of questions can only be answered if you look at the next pages in the website:
4 Name 5 pieces of clothing of the Iceman and describe where they were made of:
1: Clothing+Material:
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2: Clothing+Material: ..............................................................................................................
3: Clothing+Material:...............................................................................................................
4: Clothing+Material:...............................................................................................................
5: Clothing+Material:..............................................................................................................>>>continue
to Ötzi's clothing>>>
5 a
Name 4 pieces of equipment the Iceman carried with him. Describe where they
were made of:
1 Equipment+Material:.................................................................................................................
2 Equipment+Material:.................................................................................................................
3 Equipment+Material:.................................................................................................................
4 Equipment+Material:.................................................................................................................>>>continue
to Ötzi's equipment>>>
b How did
the Iceman stay alive on his journey through the mountains?
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c What artefact shows that the Iceman trusted Mother Nature for his health?
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6 Ötzi
lived in the Stone Age.
From what artefact do we know that people used metal in the Stone Age?
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