Egypt Religion

Ancient Egyptians believed that their gods controlled...

• the weather

• the social class each person was born into

• everything

• animals

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.

Name of Egyptian afterlife

• Land of Two Fields
• Land of Two Suns
• Heaven
• Kush

During the Weighing of the Heart, a person's heart is weighed against...

• A Feather
• A Grain of Sand
• Gold
• A Scareb

Process of embalming and drying a corpse to preserve it

• Mummification
• Burial
• Cremation
• Preservation

Egyptian believed this had to be written down in order to enter the afterlife

• Name
• Birthday
• Religion
• Social Class

The pyramids were....

• Tombs for the pharaohs
• Landmarks
• Centers for Trade
• Tourist Attractions

Egyptians believed doing good deeds would ______________.

• Lighten their heart for the afterlife
• Make themselves happy
• Please the Phaoraoh
• Built up their souls

What was the religion of the Nile River Valley based upon?

• gods were based on monotheism
• gods were based on pharaohs
• gods were based on ka
• gods were based on nature