Ancient robots

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Ancient robots

What do you think the given text is about?

Can you make a guess?

What kind of text do you think this is?

A

A shopping list

B

A newspaper article

C

An informative article

D

A fictional poem

People used _____ against their enemy.

A

The Claw

B

Leonardo da Vinci’s lion

C

Ancient Egyptian Statues

D

None of these robots

Some people built _____ again recently.

A

Leonardo da Vinci’s lion

B

Philon of Byzantium’s robot

C

The Claw

D

None of these robots

_____ use(s) ideas from hundreds of years ago.

A

Ancient Egyptian Statues

B

Mark Rosheim’s robots

C

The Claw

D

Leonardo da Vinci’s lion

_____ could make drinks for people.

A

Mark Rosheim’s robots

B

Philon of Byzantium’s robot

C

Ancient Egyptian Statues

D

None of these robots

People didn’t need _____ because they had forced workers.

A

Ancient Egyptian Statues

B

None of these robots

C

Mark Rosheim’s robots

D

Philon of Byzantium’s robot

_____ could play a musical instrument.

A

Mark Rosheim’s robots

B

Philon of Byzantium’s robot

C

The Claw

D

None of these robots

_____ was/were made as a gift for an important person.

A

Ancient Egyptian Statues

B

Leonardo da Vinci’s lion

C

Leonardo da Vinci’s lion

D

The Claw

We don’t know if _____ and _____ were built.

A

Ancient Egyptian Statues

B

The Claw

C

Mark Rosheim’s robots

D

Philon of Byzantium’s robot

People used _____ when they needed a new king.

A

Philon of Byzantium’s robot

B

Ancient Egyptian Statues

C

None of these robots

D

The Claw

Please translate the paragraph in Dutch

Another ancient Greek inventor, Philon of Byzantium, built a female robot at about the same time. If someone placed a cup in her hand, it mixed water and wine to make a drink. But the robot wasn’t popular because people didn’t need robots to work. They had lots of slaves.

Een andere oude Griekse uitvinder, Philon van Byzantium, bouwde (ongeveer) in dezelfde periode een vrouwelijke robot. Als iemand een beker in haar hand plaatste, mengde ze water en wijn tot een drankje. Maar de robot werd niet populair, omdat mensen geen robots nodig hadden om te werken. Ze hadden genoeg slaven.