Life in Ancient Egypt

What was the king called in ancient Egypt?

• bureaucrat

• theocracy

• priest

• pharaoh

The type of government where the leader is in charge of both religious AND a political responsibilities is called a ___.

• polytheism

• pharaoh

• theocracy

• bureaucrat

Government officials who are supposed to help the king (or other government leader) are called ___s.

• priest

• pharaoh

• polytheism

• bureaucrat

Some of the duties of a bureaucrat included ___ and ___.

• crop planting

• irrigating canals

• leading worship

• making laws

The belief in many gods and goddesses is called ___.

• embalming

• Book of the Dead

• polytheism

• theocracy

The book that contained prayers and magic spells is called ___.

• Embalming

• Irrigation

• Polytheism

• Book of the Dead

To preserve the body of the dead so their souls can travel to the afterlife, Egyptians created the process of ___.

• irrigation

• embalming

• Book of the Dead

• polytheism

Embalmed bodies of pharaohs were buried in triangle-shaped tombs known as ___s.

• pyramid

• Book of the Dead

• polytheism

• irrigation

The lower class in ancient Egyptian society was the ___.

• few

• largest

• smallest

• medium sized

True or False: Few Egyptians sent their children to school in ancient times.

• True

• False