5.2 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

The Egyptians always believed that only pharaohs could reach the afterlife.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Who mostly built the Egyptian pyramids?

• unskilled workers

• captured enemies

• farmers

• soldiers

What invention resulted from the Egyptians studying the sky?

• fractions

• geometry

• written numbers

• a 365-day calendar

Who made up the largest class in Egypt's social structure?

• merchants and artisans

• the pharaoh and his family

• farmers and unskilled workers

• Priests and nobles

If they tried hard enough, people from Egypt's lower classes could improve their social status.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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

• child

• father

• mother

• pharaoh

Around ______, Egypt entered the period known as the Old Kingdom.

• 2600 b.c.

• 2200 b.c.

• 2055 b.c.

• 1055 b.c.