Jeanette compares riding an elevator to the top floor with a) the climbing of mt. everest. b) riding a very scary roller coaster. c) being trapped in a very small space. d) almost falling off a boat and drowning.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.