Otzi

How long ago did Otzi live?

• About 500 years ago.

• Almost 4,000 years ago.

• About 2,500 years ago.

• Over 5,000 years ago.

The location where Otzi was found can be described as

• the summit of a mountain.

• the bottom of the mountain.

• deep in a swamp.

• near a village in the desert.

True or false: One theory was that Otzi died from hypothermia.

• True

• False

True or false: One theory is that Otzi died from starvation.

• True

• False

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The arrowhead is a huge piece of evidence because

• it had fingerprints on it and told us who killed him.

• it tore through his shoulder causing him to bleed to death.

• it's the same arrowhead that killed Abraham Lincoln.

• was made by Otzi in 3000 BCE.

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True or false: One theory is that Otzi was killed by robbers who wanted his shoes.

• False: they may have wanted his sheep.

• False: they may have wanted his leggings.

• True: his shoes were trending on Twitter.

• True: his shoes were very valuable.

Otzi had mushrooms with him and that may show that he

• really liked to eat mushrooms.

• used them for medicine.

• was allergic to rice.

• was bringing them to his grandmother.

The copper axe was valuable during Otzi's lifetime because

• it was sent by magical fairies and very rare.

• copper was difficult to mine (get out of the earth), so only the wealthy could afford it.

• it is a pretty color.

• it was difficult to mold into objects.

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Otzi's body was so well preserved because

• the birds stopped pecking at his head and flew south.

• his body was submerged in the ice for thousands of years.

• he only died a few days before he was discovered.

• he ate pollen which preserved his body.

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Evidence that supports that Otzi may have died in a battle was

• DNA from other people was found on his clothing, weapons and tools.

• blood from one person was found on his dagger.

• blood from two people was found on his arrows.

• all of these.

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