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Duplicate of Polytheism
Polytheism is
Mesopotamians and Egyptians believed
Duplicate of Polytheism
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Mesopotamians and Egyptians believed
Human sacrifice was necessary to please the gods
Kings were god-like
Mummification was necessary for the after-life
Gods lived at the top of ziggurats
2
Polytheism is
the belief in sacrifices
the belief in preserving the body for the after-life
the belief in one god
the belief in many gods
3
Which of these did the Egyptians and Mesopotamians have in common?
Gods lived at the top of the ziggurat
Preserving the body for the after-life was important
Their gods explained things they could not control
Human sacrifice was necessary to please the gods
4
Greek Gods lived
at Mt. Olympus
at the top of a temple
in their homes
at the top of a ziggurat
5
Rituals were carefully planned and included dance and masks in which ancient civilization?
African tribes
Mesopotamians
Greeks
Egyptians
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This was built to honor Athena
Pantheon
Parthenon
Pyramids
Mt. Olympus
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Which is true of ancient Greeks?
The Pantheon was a temple built for Athena
Gods and godesses were very humble and never punished humans
They used mythology to explain nature
They believed their gods lived at the top of a ziggurat
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The goddess of wisdom and war is
Poseidon
Athena
Hades
Zeus
9
Mayans, Aztecs and Incans
they needed to please the gods with human sacrifices
believed in reincarnation
believed they needed artifacts/food in the after-life
performed rituals with masks
10
Greeks believed
gods and godesses were involved in natural events
that humans became gods or goddesses after death
gods and goddesses were at constant war with humans
gods and goddesses needed human sacrifice to be happy
11
In Egypt, those who could not afford mummification
were buried in a tomb
were buried in the desert
were left to rot
were placed in a pyramid anyway
12
Mesopotamians believed
that a god was at the top of a ziggurat
that masks must be worn in rituals to honor ancestors
that human sacrifice was necessary to keep the gods happy
that mummification was necessary to preserve the body
13
Pyramids were important because
they performed human sacrifices in them
they were temples in the middle of their cities
they were a place to store a pharoah's riches
they were tombs for pharoahs
14
Which one is the god of the underworld?
Hades
Poseidon
Hephaestus
Zeus
15
The Romans' religious beliefs were similar to the
Egyptians
Mayans
Africans
Greeks
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Aztecs, Incans and Mayans
built ziggurats for worship
believed in preserving the body for the after-life
were monotheistic
were greatly influenced by religious beliefs in daily life
17
Polytheistic religions all
believed in human sacrifice
had ziggurats in the center of their city
believed in one God
believed that some gods were more important than others
18
Priests were
kings/chiefs of the civilizations
god-like
to sacrifice people who did not obey laws
to keep the gods happy by performing rituals
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Africans believed which of the following
oracles could receive messages or get advice from gods
gods needed human sacrifice to stay happy
gods and goddesses were at war with humans
they were made from corn
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In mummification, the Egyptians
left only one organ, the brain in the body
used salt
buried mummies in the desert
cut the limbs off of the body
