1. Look closely at the wheel. How did this design reduce the total weight of the cart? What kind of roads do your think the cart was made for? Explain your thinking.

2. Draw a diagram to show how the horse was hitched to the cart. How was the horse collar and harness designed to stay in place when the horse and cart was started to move and when it stopped.

3. Find out how the horse collar differed from the ox yoke. Why were there two different designs for the two animals?

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Ask a question that will make someone look more closely at the paintings on this amphora.

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