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Polytheism
This was built to honor Athena
The goddess of wisdom and war is
Polytheism
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1
The goddess of wisdom and war is
Poseidon
Athena
Hades
Zeus
2
This was built to honor Athena
Parthenon
Pantheon
Mt. Olympus
Pyramids
3
Which civilization used mythology to explain nature?
Greeks
Mesopotamians
All of them
Egyptians
4
Polytheism is
the belief in preserving the body for the after-life
the belief in sacrifices
the belief in many gods
the belief in one god
5
Greek Gods lived
at the top of a temple
at the top of a ziggurat
in their homes
at Mt. Olympus
6
In Egypt, those who could not afford mummification
were left to rot
were placed in a pyramid anyway
were buried in a tomb
were buried in the desert
7
Mesopotamians and Egyptians believed
Mummification was necessary for the after-life
Kings were god-like
Gods lived at the top of ziggurats
Human sacrifice was necessary to please the gods
8
The Romans' religious beliefs were similar to the
Egyptians
Greeks
Africans
Mayans
9
Which one is the god of the underworld?
Hephaestus
Poseidon
Zeus
Hades
10
The civilization that believed a god lived at the top of a ziggurat was
Mesopotamia
Aztec, Incans and Mayans
Greece
Rome
11
In mummification, the Egyptians
cut the limbs off of the body
buried mummies in the desert
used salt
left only one organ, the brain in the body
12
Which of these did the Egyptians and Mesopotamians have in common?
Human sacrifice was necessary to please the gods
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
13
Pyramids were important because
they were a place to store a pharoah's riches
they were temples in the middle of their cities
they performed human sacrifices in them
they were tombs for pharoahs
14
This civilization believed they needed to please the gods with human sacrifices
Mesopotamians
Aztecs, Incans and Mayans
Egyptians
Greeks
15
Although all polytheistic civilizations worshipped daily, it was more of a focus for the
Mesopotamians
Romans
Egyptians
Aztecs, Incans and Mayans
16
These people were responsible for keeping the gods happy by performing rituals.
Chiefs
Kings
Priests
Pharaohs
17
Only some polytheistic civilizations believed that some gods were more important than others.
False
True
18
The civilization that believed the gods were involved directly with humans was
Egypt
Aztec, Incans, Mayans
Greeks
Mesopotamians
