Review: Egyptian Religion

Why did ancient Egyptians have a positive view about their gods and goddesses?

• Believed they controlled their daily lives.

• Thought that they didn't interfere with the Nile River.

• The Nile River was more stable and predictable when it came to floods.

• Egyptians were not engaged in wars as often as the Mesopotamians.

The Egyptian Afterlife was viewed as

• A paradise

• A place of torment

• Only for the wealthy

• A vast emptyness

The process of removing a person's organs and then wrapping them up in ceremonial cloth after someone dies is called what?

• Patronage

• Anubis

• Papyrus

• Mummification

In order to reach the afterlife, Egyptians believed (Check all that apply)

• Their soul had to be lighter than the feather of Ma'at

• Their bodies must be preserved in a lifelike state

• They had to be ultimately judged by Osiris

• They needed their organs to remain in their body so they would have them in the afterlife

Egyptians believed their afterlife was governed by

• Amun-Ra

• Aten

• Horus

• Osiris

Egyptian Pharaohs of the Old Kingdom claimed they were an earthly embodiment of which deity

• Amun-Ra

• Aten

• Horus

• Osiris

The Egyptian god who embodied the sun and was often merged with other deities

• Horus

• Osiris

• Anubis

• Ra

Who were allowed to worship in an Egyptian temple? Select all that apply.

• Priests

• Pharaoh

• Peasants

• Merchants and Artisans

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