Lesson 5 section 8: Writing 6th grade

What is the name of the written language created by the Sumerians?

• Hieroglyphics

• Pictographs

• Cuneiform

• Alphabet

What does the name 'cuneiform' come from?

• The shape of the clay tablets

• The type of stylus used

• The Latin word for 'wedge'

• The Sumerian word for 'writing'

Around what year was cuneiform developed?

• 1200 B.C.E.

• 1000 A.D.

• 3300 B.C.E.

• 500 B.C.E.

What was the earliest use of cuneiform?

• To record laws

• To create art

• To record information about exchanged goods

• To write poetry

What did cuneiform originally use before it was based on symbols for sounds and words?

• Numerical symbols

• Abstract shapes

• Pictographs

• Alphabetic letters