Lesson 13 Review

The majority of people in ancient Egypt were farmers

• True
• False

Regardless of social class, all people in ancient Egypt were mummified and buried in tombs.

• True
• False

The Pharaoh held a great amount of power in Egypt because...

• He was the KING!!!
• He was the king and believed to be a living god.
• There was no one else to rule

Pyramids are...

• royal tombs for the pharaoh and nobles 
• royal tombs for the pharaoh

You could rise in rank and become a noble

• True
• False

People of the lower class were buried in edge of the desert because...

• The could not afford embalming and a tomb
• they were from the lower class; therefore, they were not good enough to be mummified and get a tomb.
• because it was more organic

Belief in an afterlife was the emphasis of ancient Egyptian religion.

• True
• False

Mummification/embalming was invented because...

• The body needed to be preserved to that the ka could recognize it and use the items in the tomb.
• So that the body could be well preserved for burial
• So that the body could be well preserved for viewing in the future

In ancient Egyptian religion, there was a belief that there would be life after death.  This is known as...

• Deadlife
• Afterlife

Hieroglyphics...

• consisted of  26 symbols that could be written and read right to left, left to right, and vertically.
• consisted of letters that could be written and read right to left, left to right, and vertically.  
• consisted of hundreds of symbols that could be written and read right to left, left to right, and vertically.
• were a stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics