Ch 5 Lesson 2 Life in Ancient Egypt

Around __________ Egypt ended the period known as the Old Kingdom

• 2600 BC

• 2200 BC

• 2055 BC

• 1055 BC

A government in which the same person is both the political leader and religious leader is called a__________.

• Dynasty

• Pharaoh

• Theocracy

• Bureaucrat

Why did the Egyptians embalm the bodies of their dead pharaohs?

• to learn how human bodies worked

• to honor and show the respect for the Dead

• to prove that Pharaohs were humans, not goods

• to preserve them while the souls travel to the afterlife

The Egyptian pyramids were actually large_________

• Ports

• Tombs

• Temples

• Palaces

The Egyptians ALWAYS believed that only pharaohs could reach the afterlife.

• True

• False

Who mostly built the Egyptian pyramids.

• unskilled workers

• captured enemies

• Farmers

• Soldiers

What invention resulted from the Egyptian studying the sky?

• algebra

• Geometry

• written numbers based on ten

• a 365-day calendar

Who made up the largest class in Egypt social culture?

• merchants and artisans

• the Pharaoh and his family

• farmers and unskilled workers

• priest and Nobles

If they tried hard enough people from Egypt lower classes could improve their social status.

• True

• False

In an Egyptian family, the__________ was the head of household.

• Child

• Father

• Mother

• Pharaoh