Life In Ancient Egypt

What is a scribe?

• a person whose job was to write and keep records
• A picture that stands for a word or letter
• a merchant
• a craftsperson

What is a hieroglyph?

• a body that has been dried so it won't decay
• a picture that stands for a word or letter
• a person whose job was to write
• a priest

What is papyrus

• a picture that stands for a word or letter
• a type of boat
• a paperlike material made from a reed of the same name

What is an afterlife?

• life that takes place in another world after death
• an Egyptian artifact
• an Egyptian artisan

What does it mean to embalm?

• to go to the afterlife
• to cover in hieroglyphs
• to preserve a body after death

What is a mummy?

• a zombie
• a body that has been dried so it won't decay
• not your daddy
• a person whose job it is to scare you on Halloween

Who was at the top of the Egyptian social pyramid?

• Pharoahs
• priests/nobles
• scribes/government officials
• craftspeople/merchants

Who was second on the Egyptian social pyramid?

• priests and nobles
• scribes and government officials
• pharoahs
• farmers

Who was third on the Egyptian Social Pyramid?

• scribes and government officials
• pharaohs
• priests and nobles
• craftspeople and merchants

Who were the scientists in Ancient Egypt?

• the priests
• the pharaohs
• the scribes
• the merchants