Religion Flashcards

1
Q

What types of religion?

A

Polytheistic

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2
Q

How many members of the original family?

A

9

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3
Q

What is the pantheon

A

All gods

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4
Q

What were gods associated with?

A

Nature, death, afterlife

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5
Q

How were gods dipicted

A

Typically with animal heads and human bodies

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6
Q

What were some ways of practicing religion?

A

Priests, ancestor, festivals, cults, oracles, superstitions

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7
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What’s an oracle

A

It gave people a chance to communicate with the gods and receive messages

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8
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What is a cult?

A

It devoted more time to popular gods during that period

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9
Q

What is the ankh

A

Sign of life/combats

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10
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What is the Ka

A

The spiritual double of a person that lived in the soul after the body died, created by khnums potters wheel

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11
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What is the Ba

A

The persons personality that entered at birth, represented by a bird headed person

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12
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Why are the ba and Ka important?

A

They needed to be returned at death in order to ensure the person was preserved

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13
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isi

A

Wife of Osiris, divine mother of canoptic jars

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14
Q

Who was the pharaoh who created a monotheistic religion!

A

Ahknaton

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15
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What did ahknaton believe?

A

He promoted the religion of the god atom instead of Amon-re

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