Chapter 5 Writing Assessmet

What did many ancient civilizations invent?

• writing

• video games

How do historians study prehistory?

• by examining artifacts

• by telling jokes

True or False?

Ancient writing is hard to understand.

• True, ancient writing is hard to understand. Some languages haven't been translated yet.

• False, it is easy to understand.

How did writing help cultures develop?

• important information could be shared

• it didn't help ancient cultures

Fill in the blank.

Cultures created __ to record taxes and write down rules.

• documents

• song lyrics

What writing system was used in ancient Egypt?

• Hieroglyphics

• Greek

What did hieroglyphics use to tell stories?

• symbols and pictures

• letters and numbers

What did people use to write on wet clay tablets?

• stylus

• Sharpie

Fill in the blank.

The Phoenician __ was the beginning of modern writing.

• alphabet

• stylus

True or False?

The Phoenicians invented the alphabet.

• True, the Phoenicians invented the alphabet.

• False, the Phoenicians didn't invent the alphabet. They just helped spread it through trade.