Egypt Lesson 2, Life In Ancient Egypt

The Old Kingdom was characterized by all of the following except:

• Magnificent Cities

• Theocratic Government

• Lots of Gold

• Increased Trade

Isis and Osiris

• were river gods

• Ruled over the world of the dead

• were sun gods

• were the gods of learning

Hapi was the god of _____ and Thoth was the god of _______.

• River; Learning

• Sun; Rivers

• Learning; Sun

• The Dead; Sun

What was the Egyptian's view of the afterlife?

• Only men could go to the afterlife

• Only priests could go to the afterlife

• They did not think of the afterlife

• Hopeful; arrive at a peaceful place

What text contained spells and prayers to prepare Egyptians for the afterlife?

• Code of Hamurabbi

• Rosetta Stone

• Book of Afterlife

• Book of the Dead

Why did Egyptians embalm/mummify their dead?

• See what they ate

• Protect the body so it can make it to the afterlife

• So they would fit in small spaces in the pyramids

• So they would rot faster

What did the Egyptians call the dead body that was embalmed, wrapped up in cloth that was prepared for afterlife?

• Mommy

• Cadaver

• Mummy

• Zombie

How was mummification tied to social class?

• Only rich people were mummified

• Poor people were left in the streets when they died

• Poor people were buried in tombs/coffins and rich people were buried in the sand and caves

• Rich people were buried in tombs/coffins and poor people in the sand and caves

Which of these were medical skills Egyptians learned during the embalming process:

• Sewed up cuts

• Set broken bones

• Used splints and compresses

• Used herbs and drugs to cure illnesses

What was the primary purpose of building pyramids?

• Egyptians wanted to touch the sky

• To honor the Pharaohs

• Tomb for Pharaohs

• A place for the gods to be worshipped