Mesopotamia- Religion

Mesopotamia -- Religion

Multiple Choice

Can I visit Mesopotamia ?

• Yes

• No

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Can I visit the land where Mesopotamia USED to be?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Which two rivers surrounded Mesopotamia? 

• Tigris and Euphra

• Jerico and Nile 

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Sumer is in______ Mesopotamia

• Northern

• Southern

• Eastern

• Western

Multiple Choice

The Tigris and the Euphrates Rives flow into:

• Red Sea
• Persian Gulf
• Black Sea
• Mediterranean Sea

Multiple Choice

What continent was Mesopotamia on?

• Africa

• Asia

• North America

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Where was Mesopotamia located?

• Iraq

• United States

• Egypt

• Italy

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What part of Asia was Mesopotamia on?

• Arabian Peninsula

• Island of Japan

• Central Asia

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What is a peninsula?

• land surrounded by water on two sides.

• land surrounded by water on three sides.

• a type of island.

• a flat area of land with no water nearby.

The Sumerians practiced a polytheistic religion, meaning that they worshipped many different gods,

Religion in Sumer

They believed the gods were responsible for controlling different aspects of life.

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They believed their main purpose in life was to please the gods.

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Multiple Choice

The Sumerians believed in:

• one god

• two gods

• many gods

• no gods

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The belief in many gods is called:

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Religion

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The Sumerians did not know about science, weather and nature.

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They believed the gods and goddesses controlled all science, weather and nature. ​

The Sumerians used the gods and goddesses to explain why things happened around them.

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If there wasn't enough rain, the god of rain must be angry.​

​If the crops grew well, then they believed the god of growing was happy.

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What do you think they thought when there were bad storms?

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Open Ended

What did the Sumerians believe the gods and goddesses did?

They also asked the gods and goddesses to help them. This is a statue of a person asking a god for help.

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People believed that the gods and goddesses could make good and bad things happen.

Because the gods and goddesses were thought to be so powerful, people built great temples called ziggurats to them.

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This is a photograph of the ruins of the Temple of Ur. Thousands of people would have gone to this temple. It still stands today in the modern-day country of Iraq.

Multiple Choice

What did the Sumerians do for the gods?

• dress like the gods

• offer food and gifts

• write poetry about the gods

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What is a ziggurat?

• A farm house.

• A temple.

• A store.

• A storage place.

Multiple Choice

What type of temples did the Sumerians build?

• pyramids

• ziggurats

• churches

• synagogue

Match

Match

• Who

• What

  (did they do)

• Where

• Why

  (did they do it)

Sumerians

built ziggurats

in Mesopotamia

to honor the gods they believed in.

• Sumerians

• built ziggurats

• in Mesopotamia

• to honor the gods they believed in.

Reorder

Put the parts of this sentence in order.

• The Sumerians in Mesopotamia

• built ziggurats

• to honor the gods the believed in.

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Open Ended

Why did the Sumerians build ziggurats?