Egypt Religion

What was the importance of the Book of the Dead?

• explained the succession of pharaohs

• served as a guide to the afterlife for dead souls

• told the story of an Egyptian official who killed a pharaoh

• was a list of important citizens and officials who had died

What did Egyptians believed they needed to do in order to overcome death like Osiris?

• burn their bodies in the temple

• have their bodies buried in the waters of the Nile

• pay tribute to the pharaoh in gold and grain

• preserve their bodies for the afterlife

The Egyptian practice of mummification is an example of which of the following characteristics of a civilization?

• Economics

• Politics

• Religion

• Social Structure

The belief in multiple gods

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Polydeities

• Multitheism

Egyptian god of the sun

• Ra

• Ka

• Ba

• Osiris

Salt mixture used to mummify bodies

• Natron

• Nitrogen

• Saline

• Mineral

A book of spells used to help obtain life after death

• Book of the Dead

• Afterlife Book

• Book of Scribes

• Book of Life

Ruler of ancient Egypt considered to be a god here on earth

• Pharaoh

• Priest

• Patron

• Prophet

Number of gods recognized in ancient Egypt

• 2000

• 1

• 3

• 200

Existence of life after death. Main concept of Egyptian religion

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Afterlife

• Mummification