Mesopotamian Religion

Mesopotamian religion was

• Monotheistic

• Polytheistic

People who are polytheistic worship...

• no gods

• one god

• multiple gods

Another word for god is...

• deity

• demon

• being

• ghost

Ziggurat means...

• Church

• Mountaintop

• Sky

• God

A ziggurat was...

• Where the kings lived

• A museum

• A temple

True or false: women could be priests in Mesopotamia

• True

• False

What was NOT a responsibility of a priest in Mesopotamia?

• Treating people medically

• Training armies for battle.

• Clothing and feeding statues of gods at ziggurats

• Performing religious services

True or false: ziggurats only served a religious purpose in a Mesopotamian city-state.

• True

• False

True or false: Mesopotamians believed the gods had superhuman powers and controlled everything in their lives.

• True

• False

A formal series of acts always performed in the same way is known as a:

• temple tax

• ritual

• polytheism

• votive