Egypt pharaoh and Everyday Life

Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt in the shape of a pyramid?

• The triangle represented the three seasons of the Nile.

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

• Scientists like to use a pyramid to keep the layers apart.

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

Who actually built the temples of the pharaohs?

• scribes

• government officials

• peasants

• priests

How did most government officials get their jobs?

• They attend schools

• elected

• signs from the gods

• inherited from family

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 of these was in the sanctuary of a temple?

• a statue of a god

• a pool for washing

• a public meeting area

• a bench for women only

Most peasants lived in

• rafts in the river.

• camel-skin tents.

• caves in the cliffs.

• mud-brick houses.

In what form did many farmers pay their taxes?

• grain

• paper notes

• copper coins

• music at banquets