Question

Use the chart from U3L4 to answer the following questions:
Egypt Both Mesopotamia
Nile River
River flooding was predictable
Gods were good and gave
beneficial floods; Amen-Ra
Hieroglyphs
Pharaohs
Ramp and lever, geometry,
ships, and medicine
River valley civilizations
Fertile farmland
Polytheism
Similar social structure
Significant
technological
development
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
River flooding was unpredictable
Gods were punishing and must be
appeased to prevent torrential floods; Enil
Cuneiform
Kings
Domestication of livestock, wheels, sails,
basic tools, chariot
What type of religion did Egypt and Mesopotamia have in common?
(1 point)
theocracy
monotheism
polytheism
no religion

Answer 1

Egypt and Mesopotamia both had **polytheism** in common, as indicated in the chart.