Gods, temples and beliefs in ancient Egypt

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Some gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt

   Name	What Egyptians believed
   Ra (also called Atum)	?
   Amun	a god of Thebes who became the chief state god; joined with Ra as Amun-Ra
   Ptah	in some accounts, brought people into being by the force of his thoughts
   Khnum	in other accounts, shaped people on a potter's wheel
   Thoth	the god of knowledge and writing
   Maat	the goddess of truth and balance, the right order of the world

   The cell marked ? is blank. Below the chart: Egyptian writings give several different creation accounts, side by side. Gods could be shown in human, animal or mixed form; scholars think an animal form showed something about what a god was like.

2. 1.

   Pia's chart has a blank: what did Egyptians believe about Ra?

   • The god who shaped people on a wheel
   • The god of knowledge and writing
   • The creator and sun god
   • The goddess of truth and balance
3. 2.

   Tala's chart has a blank: what did some accounts say Khnum did?

   • Crossed the sky by boat each day
   • Shaped people on a potter's wheel
   • Brought people into being by thought
   • Became the chief state god

4. Some gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt

   Name	What Egyptians believed
   Ra (also called Atum)	the creator and sun god, who crossed the sky in a boat
   Amun	a god of Thebes who became the chief state god; joined with Ra as Amun-Ra
   Ptah	in some accounts, brought people into being by the force of his thoughts
   Khnum	in other accounts, shaped people on a potter's wheel
   Thoth	the god of knowledge and writing
   Maat	the goddess of truth and balance, the right order of the world

   Below the chart: Egyptian writings give several different creation accounts, side by side. Gods could be shown in human, animal or mixed form; scholars think an animal form showed something about what a god was like.

5. 3.

   Which god became the chief state god, Zee asks?

   • Ptah
   • Khnum
   • Thoth
   • Amun
6. 4.

   Which two accounts in the chart tell how people came to be, Ari asks?

   • Ptah's thoughts and Khnum's wheel
   • Amun's city and Ra's boat
   • Thoth's writing and Maat's balance
   • Maat's balance and Amun's city
7. 5.

   Amun and Ra were joined into one name. What was it, Bo asks?

   • Amun-Ptah
   • Ra-Thoth
   • Amun-Ra
   • Maat-Ra
8. 6.

   Esme reads the word temple. In ancient Egypt, what was a temple?

   • A god's house, served by priests
   • A fort that guarded the river
   • The king's family palace
   • A market for selling grain
9. 7.

   Jun reads the word offering. What is an offering?

   • A song sung at a market
   • A law made by the king
   • A gift given to a god
   • A tax paid in coins
10. 8.

    Kira reads the word maat. What did maat mean to Egyptians?

    • A creator god's thoughts
    • A boat used at festivals
    • Truth and right order
    • A city of the god Amun
11. 9.

    Which sentence about Ra is written the careful history way, Luz asks?

    • Egyptians believed Ra was the god of writing
    • Ra crosses the sky by boat each day
    • Ra was the one god Egyptians honored
    • Egyptians believed Ra crossed the sky
12. 10.

    Egyptian writings give several creation accounts. How should Noah describe them?

    • Several accounts side by side
    • Each account came from Greece
    • One account was true; the rest were false
    • Egyptians had no ideas about creation