4.2 The Old Kingdom - Ancient Egypt

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The Egyptians believed that the pharaohs had absolute power over all of the land and people of Egypt because he (or she) was both a god and a king.

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True

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Egyptian belief in the afterlife stemmed from their idea of ka, a person's life force.

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True

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The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the Seven Wonders of the New World.

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False

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What did scribes do?

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Scribes wrote messages using hieroglyphics.

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The Egyptians practiced polytheism.

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True

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Many Egyptian religious customs focused on what happened after people died.

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True

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The Egyptians believed in...

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many gods and goddesses.

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The Egyptians had gods for nearly everything, including the sun, the sky, and the earth. Many gods mixed human and animal forms.

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True

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Farmers made up 80% of the population and were considered the _________ class.

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lower

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Did Egyptians know that the brain was a very important organ and went to great lengths to preserve it when they created mummies?

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False