Pharaohs & Religion

Egyptian people obeyed the pharaoh because...

• The pharaoh fed them

• The people wanted to be invited into the temples

• They believed the pharaohs were gods

• They believed the pharaoh would put them in jail if they did not

The name of the god who died every day in the West but was also born every day in the east was named:

• Isis

• Ra

• Aten

• Horus

Ancient Egyptians believed that their gods controlled

• The weather

• Crops

• Nature

• All of the above

Ancient Egyptians had:

• One god

• 500 gods

• 1,000+ gods

• None of the Above

In Egypt, the dead were born on the west side; why?

• They were too lazy to walk to the east

• Ra died on the west every day

• They liked the west more than the other sides

• None of the Above

How are Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt NOT similar?

• Both were based around a river

• They both survived using farming and trade

• Both were not successful civilizations

• Both civilizations had advanced inventions

The reason Egyptians mummified their dead?

• They believed the dead would need their bodies in the afterlife

• They believed that the dead wouldn't make it to the afterlife if they didn't

• The gods told them too

• None of the above

The pharaoh was believed to be the reincarnation of:

• Ra

• Isis

• Horus

• Aten