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WorksheetsReligion and the Gods
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What was the name of the temple at the center of the city in Mesopotamia?
Pyramid
Sky Temple
Ziggurat
High Place
Worship center
True or false: Each major city was associated with a primary god.
(a)
Who was the primary god of the Babylonians?
Ashur
Enlil
Enki
Nergal
Marduk
What was Enlil god of?
The afterlife
air, wind, and storms
justice and law
the moon and the stars
the sea
What group of people worshiped Ashur as their primary god?
Babylonians
Persians
Sumerians
Assyrians
Akkadians
Enki was the Sumerian god associated with the city of Eridu. What was he the god of?
(a)
Which of the following best describes the Sumerian god Inanna?
God of the moon associated with the city of Ur.
Goddess of love war associated with the city of Uruk.
God of the sea who was drawn as a great dragon.
God of the sun who ruled justice and the law.
What was a ziggurat in the world of Ancient Mesopotamia?
A temple to the local god of the city
A large theater where people performed
A type of vehicle used for racing
A siege weapon used in war
Where was the ziggurat, or ziggurats, located within a city?
There were numerous ziggurats all around the city
Along the northern wall
There was one at each corner of the city
At the center
What did a ziggurat look like?
It was a tall tower with steps around the outside
Like a pyramid with large steps or levels
It looked like a giant square block
It had a large dome with columns around the outside
True or false: Most of the ziggurats were so well built that they are completely intact to this day.
(a)
What civilization of Ancient Mesopotamia first built a ziggurat?
Babylonians
Assyrians
Sumerians
Persians
What other civilization built temples similar to the ziggurat?
Egyptians
Myans
Aztecs
All of the above
None of the above
True or False: The point of building the ziggurats so tall was so the shrine on top would be as close to the heavens as possible.
(a)
How tall is the tallest of the ziggurats estimated to be?
50 feet tall
100 feet tall
300 feet tall
400 feet tall
The Mesopotamians believed....
..the world was a flat disk surrounded by a hollow space, enclosed in an over-arching heaven.
...the sea was all around the earth.
..the universe had been born of the waters.
...none of the above.
...all of the above.
According to Mesopotamia mythology, human beings were created for what reason?
(a)
Several times a day, there was a ritual to serve the god a meal. What were five things on the menu for god Anu at Uruk:
Sumerian burial rites are tied to their belief in the spirit world. What is one of those rites:
Marduk became the king of ALL Babylonian gods because he defeated Tiamat, an evil goddess. What did he create out of her body after he killed her?
Land and water
Plants and animals
Day and night
Heaven and earth
