1. PART A: Which statement identifies the central idea of the text?
A The Auschwitz concentration camp was the most inhumane of the camps, as it
was the only one with a killing center,
B Not all of the Auschwitz concentration camps treated prisoners inhumanely.
C. Despite the differing purposes of the three main camps of Auschwitz, they all
treated prisoners inhumanely,
D The Auschwitz concentration camps provided prisoners with the means to live,
so they could provide useful labor,

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were 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.