Egypt Vocab Quiz, Week 2

Egyptians' bodies were preserved for what reason?

• to prepare them for their pyramid.

• for them to use during the burial process.

• for them to use in the afterlife.

• they believed each person would become a god or goddess.

Another word for government official (someone who worked in the government) was

• a pharaoh

• a priest

• a merchant or artisan

• a bureaucrat

This was a mythical creature made of both human and lion that was sculpted as a huge architectural structure.

• sphinx

• centaur

• satyr

• obelisk

The process of mummification is also known as

• embalming

• the afterlife

• an obelisk

• a bureaucrat

Egyptians spent their lives preparing for what event?

• the crowning of a new pharaoh

• the afterlife

• building a pyramid

• the flooding of the Nile every 100 years

What would a possible purpose be for creating the monument pictured, called an obelisk?

• to honor a pharaoh or a god

• to remember a Mesopotamian king

• to erase the image of an unpopular pharaoh

• to mark a location

Bureaucrats were members of which Egyptian social class?

• the lowest social class with other slaves

• the middle social class below farmers

• the upper social class with priests and scribes

• the middle social class with artisans and merchants

Which is the best reason why the sphinx would have been created?

• to make sure the Nile River flooded at the same time

• to please one of the scribes

• to irrigate the farmers' crops for several years

• to please a god or goddess in order to bring good luck

Why were pyramids made?

• to honor Egyptian gods and goddesses

• for the pharaoh to have a place for his afterlife

• to honor all the people who had died in battle

• as a monument to the greatness of the pharaoh

Why did Egyptian pharaohs STOP making pyramids?

• They were tired of looking at them.

• They stopped honoring their gods.

• They no longer believed in the afterlife.

• They had to have a better protected tomb.