Ancient Egypt Weekly Check #2

1. How would you identify the religious belief system of the ancient Egyptians?

• monotheistic

• polytheistic

• Egyptistic

• There was not a religious system in ancient Egypt.

2. What did the ancient Egyptians believe their gods and goddesses were able to control?

• nothing

• natural occurrences

• human activities

• both natural occurrences and human activities

3. Who was the god of the sun?

• Ra

• Hapi

• Osiris

• Isis

4. What did Osiris and Isis rule over?

• the earth

• the sun

• war and battles

• the underworld/afterlife

5. Who was hired to write a Book of the Dead for wealthy individuals or families?

• farmers

• craftsmen

• soldiers

• scribes

6. What was the purpose of the Book of the Dead?

• It kept a list of all the people who had died in ancient Egypt.

• It included a list of all the pharaohs who had ruled over Egypt and died.

• It contained magic spells and prayers to help someone who died successfully reach the afterlife (Field of Reeds)

• It contained magic spells and prayers that could bring dead people back to life.

7. State TWO FACTS (CHECK TWO BOXES) that are true about embalming/mummification.

• Embalming means that you include the pharaoh's most important possessions in his tomb with him.

• Canopic jars were used to hold the internal organs of the deceased during the embalming process.

• The body was wrapped in plastic before it was placed in the tomb.

• Embalming a pharaoh was important because the ancient Egyptians felt they needed him to continue to protect them even after he died.

8. Which type of government would you find in ancient Egypt?

• Theocratic democracy

• Dictatorship

• Theocratic monarchy

• The ancient Egyptians did not have a type of government.

9. Who were the two most powerful government officials in ancient Egypt?

• The nobles and the vizier

• The nobles and the pharaoh

• The king and the queen

• The pharaoh and the vizier

10. The laws of ancient Egypt were based on...

• Hammurabi's Code

• the Constitution

• the Book of the Dead

• the teachings of Ma'at