Ancient Egypt Study Guide Questions

What was the organization of the social structure determined by?

• a person's social class based on socioeconomic variables- mainly income, wealth, education and occupation.

• The way person ate his or her food, and how they dressed, and spoke

Who was at the top of the social structure

• Scribes

• Merchants

• Pharaoh

• Farmers & Slaves

True or False: The social structure determined who had power in Egypt.

• True

• False

What were the role of the slaves in Ancient Egypt?

• Farming crops, hunting food, cleaning etc.

• Fight in battles, craft tools, make weapons

True or False: Could the slaves ever move up in the social structure?

• True

• False

True or False: Hieroglyphics was used at the time of the early Greek contacts with Egypt to distinguish the older hieroglyphs from the handwriting of the day

• False

• True

What was papyrus used for?

• was a material that was used for painting pictures and sculptures

• was a material that was used for washing clothes

• is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface.

Where could papyrus be found?

• the desert lands

• the Nile River

• the mountains

How was the Egyptian calendar developed and used?

• it was calculated based on the direction the moon moves, and was used to determine the seasons of the year

• it was calculated based on the sun cycles, and was used by the farmers to determine the seasons of agriculture and crop yielding for thousands of years

• it was calculated based on the way animals travel and was used to tell time

What type of religion was the Egyptians?

• Christianity

• Islam

• Muslim

• Hindu