The History Of Writing

Writing allows people to .....

• communicate

• Keep records

• To record what happened in the past

• All of the above

Prehistoric people drew pictures in caves to....

• Show they were good at art

• To communicate ideas

• Stop wasting paper

Identify the writing system

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphic

Cuneiform writing system was invented about..

• 3000 years ago

• 5000 years ago

In prehistoric times _________ started to represent ideas, feelings or the time of the day.

• alphabets

• colours

• pictures