Ancient Egypt Religion

Ancient Egyptians believed that their gods controlled...

• the weather

• the social class each person was born into

• everything

• animals

To keep the gods happy, the ancient Egyptians...

• made burnt sacrifices.

• lit candles.

• wrote and sang songs praising them.

• built temples and prayed to them.

Polytheists are people who...

• worship many gods.

• really like things shaped like a polygon.

• worship only animals.

• worship only the god called Amon-Re.

The god who was reborn every morning and died every night was called...

• Osiris

• Amon-Re

• Isis

• Horus

The god of the underworld was...

• Anubis.

• Osiris.

• Amon-Re.

• Horus.

Ancient Egyptians believed that every pharaoh was the god ________ in human form.

• Seth

• Isis

• Horus

• Osiris

People obeyed the pharaohs because...

• they believed the gods listened to them.

• the pharaohs fed the people.

• they wanted to be invited to the royal banquets.

• they believed the pharaohs were gods.

Ancient Egyptians believed they could

• the gods could tell them the future.

• go back and forth between their real life and their afterlife.

• overcome death and have an afterlife by living a good life.

• fly with the help of Tinkerbell.

The one who decided who could have an afterlife was...

• Osiris.

• the pharaoh.

• Horus.

• Seth.

The ancient Egyptians looked to __________ for protection in life and death.

• the Nile River.

• Amon-Re.

• Osiris.

• Isis.