WorksheetsCuneiform
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What was the stylus (writing tool) made of?
A stick from a reed plant
Iron
Bronze
What type of material did the Sumerians write on?
Paper
Papyrus
Animal skins
Clay tablets
What does the word cuneiform mean?
Picture words
Writing in Sumerian
Clay
Wedge-shaped
True or False: Translating the writing of the Mesopotamian people is fairly easy for archaeologists today?
True
False
Which group of people is credited with creating cuneiform?
Babylonians
Sumerians
Assyrians
Which of the following was a primary use of cuneiform writing in ancient Mesopotamia?
Religious texts
Trade and business records
Poetry
Personal letters
What was one of the earliest known works of literature written in cuneiform?
The Odyssey
The Bible
The Epic of Gilgamesh
About when did the Sumerians start to use writing to make records?
5000 BC
4200 BC
3300 BC
2700 BC
What did a scribe do?
He wrote for the king and government officials.
He wrote stories.
He told stories.
He was in charge of collecting the taxes.
True or False: Scribes were almost always the sons of the upper class and nobility
True
False
