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Why do you think the development of writing is one of history's most important cultural advances?
a) Writing is in our everyday life. It makes collecting, storing, and sharing information easier and more accurate.
b) Cunieform was essential for communication. It taught people essential skills for creating letters and drawing skills.
c) Writing led to the invention of the wheel and plow. These were important achievements for modern society.
d)

Cause: Sumerians devleoped a system based on the number 60
a) Sumerians could express complex ideas such as joy and power
b) increased farm production
c) We have a calendar divided into 12 months.
d)

Cause: Cylinder seals were rolled onto wet clay
a) produced healing drugs
b) built sewers under city streets
c) Sumerians were able to show ownership of items
d)

Cause: Ingredients from plants, animals, and minerals were used
a) produced healing drugs
b) built sewers under city streets
c) Sumerians were able to show ownership of items
d)

Cause: Sumerians developed the wheel
a) Sumerian farm production was increased
b) built sewers under city streets
c) We have a calendar divided into 12 months.
d)

Pictograph, Cuneiform, Ziggurat Which word does not belong?
a) cunieform
b) pictograph
c) ziggurat
d)

Architecture, Ziggurat, scribe Which one does not belong?
a) Ziggurat
b) scribe
c) architecture
d)

airplance, plow, sewer Which one does not belong?
a) airplane
b) plow
c) sewer
d)

scribe, cuneiform, wheel- Which does not belong?
a) scribe
b) wheel
c) cuneiform
d)

long poems that tell stories of heroes
a) pictographs
b) cuneiform
c) epics
d)

a writer
a) scribe
b) cuneiform
c) pictograph
d)

picture symbols
a) pictograph
b) cuneiform
c) scribe
d)

world's first system of writing
a) scribe
b) cuneiform
c) epics
d)

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