The origins of ceramics

Listen and answer the questions.

Choose True or False

1 Ceramics was founded 21 thousand years ago.

• False
• True

2 The first product from ceramics was crockery.

• False
• True

3 In the past, people used ceramics dishes to keep grain in it.

• False
• True

4 Chinese first improved the strength and appearance of ceramics dishes 200 years ago.

• False
• True

5 The perfection of the high quality ceramics was kept in secret for a thousand years.

• False
• True

6 In the 17th century a German alchemist managed to make a white gold from the lead.

• True
• False

7 The glass is made by heating the mixture of sand and minerals by 600 degrees.

• True
• False

8 The glass was discovered in 3500 BC.

• False
• True

9 The Romans invented concrete.

• False
• True

10 The Romans discovered that concrete can be created under water.

• True
• False