Pharaohs and Religion

Which best describes the ancient Egyptian religion?

• Polytheistic

• Monotheistic

What was 1 reason why the pharaoh was powerful?

• Pharaohs were always the oldest and wisest members of the royal family.

• Pharaohs were tall and scary.

• People believed that Pharaoh was a god on earth.

What is a mummy?

• a body preserved by a special process, where the organs are taken out and the body is embalmed

• a phantom that haunted Egyptians every night of the year

• a decoration that was used to scare people while it hung from an Egyptian roof

What large stone structures were built as tombs for the pharaohs?

• temple

• pyramid

• ziggurat

• papyrus

Life after death is called _____________.

• afterlife
• religion
• mummy
• tomb

Many gods were shown as humans with ___________ heads.

• animal
• mummy 
• banana
• two

The souls of the dead needed their ___________ or they would not survive in the afterlife.

• possessions they had enjoyed in life 
• friends
• medicine
• mummies and daddies