Ancient Egyptian Religion

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.

Polytheists are people who...

• worship many gods.

• really like things shaped like a polygon.

• worship only animals.

• worship only the god called Amon-Re.

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.

Life after death is called _____________.

• afterlife
• religion
• mummy
• tomb

Ancient Egyptians believed they could

• the gods could tell them the future.

• go back and forth between their real life and their afterlife.

• overcome death and have an afterlife by living a good life.

• fly with the help of Tinkerbell.

A dead body preserved in lifelike condition is called a _____________.

• mummy
• daddy
• Cleopatra
• sphinx

What did Egyptians have to help them reach the afterlife?

• a statue

• a bible

• Book of the Dead

• journal

Describe the burial practices of Egyptians?

• They used a funeral pyre for the dead.
• They carried the dead to a nearby country.
• They preserved bodies as mummies.
• They were buried in the river.

Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, etc.....?

• Tombs were museums.
• Tombs were private storage for the pharaoh.
• Tombs were the safest place in the kingdom.
• They believed the dead enjoyed their materials in the afterlife.