Chapter 5 Lesson 2

The Egyptians prized unity, so they developed a government under an all-powerful ruler who controlled both ________________ and _______________ affairs.

• Religious, political
• Trade, marriage
• Religious, farming
• Political, personal

The word pharaoh originally meant “_____________________.”

• Great house
• Little house
• King
• Supreme commander

Granaries were used to store ______________ so that people wouldn’t starve if there was a poor harvest.

• Grain
• Stone
• Money
• Copper

Egyptians believed the pharaoh was the son of Re the Egyptian god of the _____________.

• Sun

• Birb

• Pyramid

• Nile

Osiris was an early god who gave the people _________ and _____________. (remember, no death stuff)

• Laws, farming

• Copper, embalming

• The book of the dead, farming

• Flooding, pyramid technology

What was the name of the god of learning?

• Thoth
• Re
• Osiris
• Bastet

The Egyptians believed that life after death would be ____________________ than the present life.

• Even better
• Worse
• The same
• Scarier

Egyptians studied the ______________ and __________________ in The Book of the Dead to help prepare them for the afterlife.

• Prayers, magic spells
• Words, pictures
• Pictures, Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphics, songs

The earliest Egyptians believed that _____________________ could enjoy the afterlife.

• Only the pharaoh
• Anyone
• The pharaoh and his family
• The common people

Egyptians wrote down medical information on papyrus scrolls — these became the world’s first _______________________.

• Medical books
• Books of the Dead
• Pop-up books
• Best sellers