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 goddess of truth and balance
   • The god of knowledge and writing
   • The creator and sun god
   • The god who shaped people on a wheel
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
   • Became the chief state god
   • Brought people into being by thought

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

   • A city of the god Amun
   • A boat used at festivals
   • Truth and right order
   • A creator god's thoughts
10. 8.

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

    • Ra crosses the sky by boat each day
    • Egyptians believed Ra crossed the sky
    • Ra was the one god Egyptians honored
    • Egyptians believed Ra was the god of writing
11. 9.

    Milo's friend says some gods were shown as animals because Egyptians worshipped animals. What is the best reply?

    • Agree: the gods had animal shapes alone
    • Agree: the animals themselves were the gods
    • Scholars think it showed a god's nature
    • Disagree: no god had an animal form
12. 10.

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

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