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WorksheetsThe Sumerians: The Invention of Writing
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
who invented the world's first writing?
Sargon
The Sumerians
Gilgamesh
The Akkadians
What is cuneiform?
Sumerian religious temples
A type of pottery
The first system of writing, developed in Sumer.
A Sumerian farming technique
How was cuneiform made?
The used burned sticks to mark paper.
They used sharp tools called styluses to make wedge-shaped symbols on clay tablets.
They made paint from berries and painted symbols on stone slabs.
They made ink from tree sap and used feathers to draw symbols on wood slabs.
In cuneiform, each symbol could represent...Check all that apply
objects
punctuation
syllables
parts of words
What were pictographs?
portraits of kings
Sumerian coins used for trade
artists stamps
a picture symbol that represented an object
What were the responsibilities of a scribe? Check all that apply.
document business transactions
keep records for government officials and temples
keep records of taxes
write daily diaries
Becoming a scribe was a way to move up in social class.
True
False
Sumerian children went to school to learn to read and write.
True
False
Sumerians wrote long poems about gods and military victories called...
proverbs
epics
songs
short stories
The Epic of Gilgamesh was...
the story of the rise of Sumer.
the story of the creation of the Sumerian gods.
a love story about a young couple that could not be together.
the story of a legendary Sumerian king.
