Chapter 9 - Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt described as a pyramid.

• A. The triangle represented the three seasons of the Nile.

• B. Most people were in the bottom classes and the fewest people were at the top.

• C. Scientist like to use a pyramid to keep the layers apart.

• D. Many structures of that design were built in the desert.

Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs?

• A. scribes who kept poor records

• B. government officials out of favor

• C. peasant farmers during the flood season

• D. priests hoping to get jobs at the temples

Which of these activities was permitted only to men?

• A. owning land

• B. running a business

• C. working as a scribe

• D. asking for a divorce

How did most government officials get their jobs?

• A. They attended school to learn how to govern.

• B. Popular elections showed the vote of the people.

• C. Priests relied on signs from the gods to choose them.

• D. They inherited the position from a family member.

What was an important duty of the vizier?

• A. To collect taxes

• B. to lead the army

• C. to decide court cases

• D. to help make alliances

Which sentence best describes the role of women in religion?

• A. They were worshiped as gods.

• B. They could become priestesses.

• C. They ran all religious ceremonies.

• D. They were not allowed in temples.

Which of these was in the sanctuary of a temple?

• A. a statue of a god

• B. a pool for washing

• C. a public meeting area

• D. a bench for women only

What was one of the few ways that a boy from a peasant family could rise to a higher social class?

• A. to store a lot of grain

• B. attend scribe school

• C. help build a pyramid

• D. take care of a temple

Why did it take many years to become a scribe?

• A. Papyrus was very difficult to write on

• B. There were hundreds of hieroglyphs to learn.

• C. Students had to save money to buy a position.

• D. Teachers were so harsh that students ran away.

Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus which is made from

• A. a plant

• B. soft clay

• C. cotton rags

• D. animal skins