Mesopotamia Check for Understanding

What does Mesopotamia mean?

• The land of mountains

• The land of abundance

• The land of the gods

• The land between the rivers

How did the Sumerians adapt to their environment to create a farming surplus?

• They built irrigation systems

• They invented the wheel

• They traded with other regions

• They developed a division of labor

Which of the following is a Sumerian achievement?

• Developing the first written language

• Building the first paved road system

• Inventing the sailboat

• Creating the first empire

What was the belief system of the Sumerians?

• Pantheism

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Atheism

Who were the most powerful people in Sumerian society?

• Farmers

• Artisans

• Priests

• Slaves