The Origins of Writing

A symbol used to convey an idea through a picture is a

Semite and Phoenician writing represented advances over Sumerian and Egyptian writing because

From the passage, one can conclude that modern writing developed in sequence from

Compared with pictographs, writing that represents language

A likely advantage of a modern pictograph over linguistic writing, is that a pictograph

In the context of this passage, which of these is a good synonym for the word convey?

The letters of our alphabet stand for

Which of these expresses an opinion.

The first alphabet is thought to have been invented by

One can conclude that people have conveyed ideas for tens of thousands of years

Choose the correct answer.

Sumerian cuneiform writing, invented more than five thousand years ago, was made up of

Unlike pictographs, linguistic writing expresses