Use the letter you wrote for the Use What You Know activity to answer the following question. One reason to compete for overseas colonies is that we need another to keep our factories, foundries, and mills in operation. (Enter two words.)

What is the purpose of freewriting during the research process? to develop ideas for poems to create a journal to submit with a research paper to brainstorm initial ideas for a topic to extend the research process time line o

Which character in this excerpt is in conflict with society, and why? joe summers is in conflict with society because he is joking with the villagers. old man warner is in conflict with society because he believes that young folks have crazy ideas. mrs. adams is in conflict with society because she says some villages have stopped holding lotteries. mr. adams is in conflict with society because he is standing with the villager who represents society's old ways.

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.