Social Studies Main idea and supporting detail

What is the main idea of passage #1?

• The most important invention by the Mesopotamians was writing.

• Hammurabi's Code is the most important invention by the Mesopotamians.

• The most important invention by the Mesopotamians was math.

What key details supports the main idea of passage #1?

• The Sumerians were very popular people.

• Invention of writing came the first recorded laws.

• Writing became a great pastime for the Mesopotamians.

What can you infer from passage #1?

• Hammurabi was an important person.

• Writing was an important invention that changed the Mesopotamia civilization.

• Writing was invented by Hammurabi.

What is the main idea of passage #2?

• Society was growing, so people kept moving around.

• The classes of people divided fairly.

• Society was dividing into different classes of people for perhaps the first time.

Which of the following would be a supporting detail of the main idea of passage #2?

• Below the upper class was a small middle class made up of craftsman, merchants, and civil servants.

• At the top of society was the king and his family.

• Both A and B