Ancient Civilizations Religion

The Mesopotamians were polytheistic. What does that mean?

• They believed in ONE god.

• They believed in MANY gods.

• They liked polygons.

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

• scribe.
• cradle.
• Gilgamesh.
• ziggurat.

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.

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.

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

• the Nile River.

• Amon-Re.

• Osiris.

• Isis.

At the time of its creation, how was Judaism different from other religions at its time?

• It supported the creation of large temples

• It supported the belief in one god.

• It supported a complex system of laws.

• It supported a patriarchal society.

What is the purpose of the 10 commandments in Judaism?

• Their an ethical code for people to live by.

• They explain the reasons people must be monotheistic

• They explain how an individual should pray.

• They are a code for the government