Ch. 5-2 Ancient Egypt

What were pyramids?

• temples to the gods
• prisons
• tombs for pharaohs
• tombs for nobles

What was the most common form of religious practice in Ancient Egypt?

• hieroglyphics
• polytheism
• mythology
• monotheism

Who was at the top of the Egyptian social order?

• slaves
• pharaoh
• priests
• scribes

Why do Pharaos get mummified?

• So their body doesn't decay
• So they stay nice and juicy
• Because Otzi was mummified
• To prepare them for the afterlife

What type of government did ancient Egypt have?

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

• Democracy

To learn how to obtain life after death, the Egyptians studied the...

• Book of the Dead

• Book of Spells

• Book of Prayers

• Book of Life after Death

The Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh’s body from decomposing was

• creating a dummy stuffed with straw.

• the act of embalming.

• surveying the pyramid.

• removing only the eyes.

What is a Theocracy?

• A ruler controls both religious and political affairs.

• Power is passed down from father to son.

• Rulers are voted on by the public.

• Representatives are elected from each region.

To prepare people for the afterlife, the Egyptians would dry out a body with ________.

• sand

• pepper

• salt

• rocks

To prepare a body for the afterlife, the Egyptians took out ALL organs EXCEPT...

• the stomach, so they could eat in the afterlife

• the heart, because that was where someone's soul was located

• the lungs, so they could breathe in the afterlife

• the small intestine, so they could poop in the afterlife