Ancient Civilizations Egypt

Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt depicted as a triangle shape?

• The triangle represents the three seasons of the Nile.

• Most people were in the lower classes.

• Most people were in the middle class.

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

Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs?

• scribes who kept poor records

• government officials out of favor

• peasant farmers during the flood season

• priests hoping to get jobs at the temples

Which of these activities was permitted only to men?

• owning land

• running a business

• working as a scribe

• asking for a divorce

How did most government officials get their jobs?

• They attended school to learn how to govern.

• Popular elections showed the vote of the people.

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

• They inherited the position from a family member

Which of these people was NOT a government official?

• chief treasurer

• general of the armies

• temple priest

• vizier

Which sentence best describes the role of women in religion?

• They were worshiped as gods.

• They could become priestesses.

• They ran all religious ceremonies.

• They were not allowed in temples.

Which sentence best describes the Egyptian belief about the afterlife?

• A dead person's spirit could go to heaven.

• A dead person would become a god or goddess.

• A dead person's spirit could be reborn into another person.

• A dead person's body and spirit stayed together after death.

Why did the Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead?

• to show earthly love

• to avoid the risk of poison

• to feed them in the afterlife

• to perform a sacrifice to the gods

What was one way that a boy from a peasant family could rise to a higher social class?

• store a lot of grain

• attend scribe school

• help build a pyramid

• take care of a temple

Why did it take many years to become a scribe?

• Papyrus was very difficult to write on.

• There were hundreds of hieroglyphs to learn.

• Students had to save money to buy a position.

• Teachers were so harsh that students ran away.