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Cuneiform!

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who created cuneiform?

a)

Phoenicians

b)

Sumerians

c)

Greeks

d)

The Weezer's

2.

What is cuneiform's latin meaning?

(a)  

3.

The Epic of Gilgamesh was written in cuneiform.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What was cuneiform

a)

A language

b)

An alphabet

c)

A song

d)

A language and alphabet

5.

What was cuneiform used for?

a)

recording sales, taxes, and agreements.

b)

so people know what stuff is theirs/ their own personal mark on things.

c)

Write stories and myths about ancient gods and heroes.

d)

writing songs.

6.

How many cuneiform tablets are in museums today?

a)

over a million

b)

15,000

c)

5

d)

Three hundred thousand

7.

Did archeologists have a hard time translating cuneiform?

a)

it was kinda hard.

b)

it was very easy for them to translate.

c)

It was very hard to translate

d)

it was ok, It wasn't easy and wasn't hard

8.

Sumerians split their words into syllables.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

They had enough resources to write cuneiform on stone and paper but instead chose clay tablets.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Cuneiform was written on (a)   .

11.

what was The Epic of Gilgamesh?

a)

stories of made-up gods or heroes

b)

a bunch of myths of greek gods

c)

a song

d)

something that was created in harry potter

12.

How many clay tablets were used to make The Epic of Gilgamesh?

a)

300

b)

5

c)

12

d)

twelve thousand

13.

People believed the stories and myths about gods and heroes were real.

a)

true

b)

false

14.

when did people start using cuneiform?

a)

3300 BCE

b)

12 BC

c)

2021

d)

3200 BCE

15.

what part of Mesopotamia was Sumer in?

a)

Southern Mesopotamia

b)

north pole

c)

Western Mesopotamia

d)

Sumer