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title: Mesopotamia: the first cities and writing — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · History
description: The 14 test and exam questions of lesson 3 «Mesopotamia: the first cities and writing» of the history course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Mesopotamia: the first cities and writing

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The 14 questions of lesson 3 «Mesopotamia: the first cities and writing» of the history course of Mova's primary school with their options, 74 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing/t1/) — Why are there 60 minutes in an hour and not 100? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing/t2/) — lol why didn't they just use paper? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing/t3/) — What would happen to Uruk's fields if all the canals filled with mud? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing/t4/) — A friend says writing began with poems and stories. What really came first? — wrong ✗
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing/t5/) — A school tablet 4,000 years old has a mistake on it. What does that show? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing/t6/) — Why did Mesopotamian farmers need canals but jungle farmers might not? — wrong ✗
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing/t7/) — My cousin says Gilgamesh is a Marvel hero. What is he really? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing/t8/) — Why do you think many peoples tell flood stories? — wrong ✗
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing/t9/) — If you found wedge-shaped marks on an old piece of clay, what are they probably? — wrong ✗
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing/t10/) — Gilgamesh learns that all people die. What does this show about people 4,000 years ago? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing/e1/) — Identify the two rivers between which the region designated Mesopotamia is situated. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the original purpose of Sumerian writing? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the term cuneiform. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing/e4/) — Determine the base of the system of numeration employed by the Sumerians, whereof traces persist in the measurement of time. — wrong ✗ · exam

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