Life in Ancient Egypt

A government in which the same person is both the political and religious leader is called a ______.

• dynasty

• pharaoh

• theocracy

• Bureaucrat

Why did the Egyptians embalm the bodies of their dead pharaohs?

• to learn how human bodies worked

• to honor and show their respect for the dead

• to prove that pharaohs were humans, not gods

• to preserve them while the souls traveled to the afterlife

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

In an Egyptian family, the ______ was head of the household.

• child

• father

• mother

• pharaoh

Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs?

• scribes who kept poor records

• government officials hated by the pharaoh

• peasant farmers when it was too wet to grow crops

• priests hoping to get jobs at the temples

Which of these activities was permitted only to men?

• owning land

• running a business

• working as a scribe

• asking for a divorce

How does the work of ancient Egyptian artisans help us learn about ancient Egypt today?

• They left behind their tools made out of reeds.

• They carved and painted scenes of everyday life.

• They passed on their skills to sons and daughters.

• They wrote histories of events on rolls of papyrus.

Government officials who are supposed to help the king (or other government leader) are called ___s.

• priest

• pharaoh

• polytheism

• bureaucrat

The belief in many gods and goddesses is called ___.

• embalming

• Book of the Dead

• polytheism

• theocracy