Pop Quiz-Egypt Everyday life

Children did not wear clothes until age

• 6

• 5

• 7

• 8

How might you describe the role jewelry plays in ancient Egypt Identify all of the possible reasons

• Wealthy wore gold and silver

• Poor wore metals of lesser value

• Both rich and poor wore jewelry

• Both rich and poor did not want to wear jewelry

Which of the following was NOT an example of how children played in Ancient Egypt?

• Wrestling

• Target Practice

• Scribe writing

• Playing with rag dolls

True or False-The ancient Egyptians did not have schools, therefore they did not think education was important

• True

• False

• Egyptians did not have schools because they were building pyramids

• Egyptians did have schools, but only served boys

True or False-Egyptian children started to learn at a very young age by mimicking their parents as they completed chores

• True

• False

• Egyptian children started to learn at a very young age but they learned through reading

• Egyptian children learned from their parents because that is how all humans learn

True or False-After leaving the household, most Egyptian children never saw their parents again.

• True

• False

• Children in Ancient Egypt were expected to take care of their parents as they grew older

• Family was not important to Ancient Egyptians so once they left the home they had no responsibilities

True or False-Sons typically inherited household items while daughters received their fathers land.

• True

• False

• Sons typically inherited thier fathers land while daughters received the household items.

• Sons looked forward to the jewelry while the girls of the family hoped to use the land to find true love

True or False-Certain professions were open only to boys, such as becoming a priest or serving as an army officer.

• True

• False

• Being a scribe was a job only for boys and men

• Ancient Egypt allowed woman to hold down positions like priest and scribe

Land in Egypt was very valuable because

• of rich farmland caused by flooding of the Nile River

• crocodile skin was an expensive export

• of rich mineral mines used for building pyramids

• the Nile River was the longest river in the world

Who united Upper and Lower Egypt

• Menes

• Tutankhamen

• Ramsess

• Cleopatra