Life in Ancient Egypt

The Egyptian pyramids were actually large ______.

• ports

• tombs

• temples

• palaces

What invention resulted from the Egyptians studying the sky?

• fractions

• geometry

• written numbers

• a 365-day calendar

What is a scribe?

• a person whose job was to write and keep records
• A picture that stands for a word or letter
• a merchant
• a craftsperson

What is a hieroglyph?

• a body that has been dried so it won't decay
• a picture that stands for a word or letter
• a person whose job was to write
• a priest

What is papyrus

• a picture that stands for a word or letter
• a type of boat
• a paperlike material made from a reed of the same name

What is an afterlife?

• life that takes place in another world after death
• an Egyptian artifact
• an Egyptian artisan

What does it mean to embalm?

• to go to the afterlife
• to cover in hieroglyphs
• to preserve a body after death

Who was at the top of the Egyptian social pyramid?

• Pharoahs
• priests/nobles
• scribes/government officials
• craftspeople/merchants

Papyrus was made from

• A plant
• Soft clay
• Cotton rags
• Animal skin

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

• True

• False