1. What type of material did the Sumerians write on?

2. What does the word cuneiform mean?

3. About when did the Sumerians start to use writing to make records?

4. What was the stylus used for?

5. What was the stylus made of?

6. True or false: Translating the writing of the Mesopotamian people is fairly easy for archeologists today?

7. What is the most famous piece of Mesopotamian literature?

8. Which civilization is generally credited with inventing writing for the first time?

9. True or false: The writing method of the Sumerians was used by many future civilizations for thousands of years.

10. What other civilization came up with their own writing called hieroglyphics a bit later than the Mesopotamians?