Question

Which is the best example of notes from the supporting detail shown here? Supporting Detail: They needed some way to keep track of what they owned. Sumerians 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.
A. cuneiform was invented
B. Cuneiform helped the Sumerians keep track of what they owned.
C. needed to keep records

Answer 1

The correct answer is option B. Cuneiform helped the Sumerians keep track of what they owned.

This note not only remarks on the main subject of the detail - which is the invention of the Cuneiform -, but it also mentions the creators of the tool (Sumerians) and the objective of this effort (Keep track of what they owned). All of this information could be valuable when writing a report, or using it as evidence to support an argument.

The rest of the options cannot be correct since:

Option A states a fact occurred on the text, but it lacks information on who the inventors where, the objective, and the means needed for the deed.

Option C is a poor note since it depicts a sentence without subject (Who does the action) and no prior context to give it a meaning.

Answer 2

Answer:

B. Cuneiform helped the Sumerians keep track of what they owned

Explanation:

Cuneiform writing was created by the Sumerians, and its definition can be given as writing that is produced with the aid of wedge-shaped objects.

The Sumerians used clay for writing, and when they wanted their records to be permanent, the cuneiform tablets were placed in an oven, or could be reused when their records were not so important that they would always have to be remembered.

Cuneiform writing was a form of expression that was very difficult to decipher because it had over 2000 signs and its use was of enormous difficulty. Their main use was in accounting and administration, as they facilitated the registration of goods, property marks, calculations and business transactions.