Chapter 4 Section 2 Quiz

The political system in Egypt was based on the belief that ________.

• The pharaoh was both king and a god.

• Government officials are the supreme rulers.

• The pharaohs are the ones who interpret the wishes of the gods.

• The lower class people should serve those in the middle and upper classes.

Most government officials in Egypt were ________.

• Also considered to be part gods.

• The pharaoh's family.

• From the middle class.

• Great soldiers from the Egyptian army.

Which class made up about 80% of Egypt's population, and consisted of mostly farmers, servants, and slaves?

• Lower class

• Pharaohs

• Middle class

• Upper class

Egyptian gods often mixed __________.

• Earthly and heavenly forms.

• Feline and human forms

• Human and animal forms

• cat and stone forms

Much of Egyptian religion was based on _________.

• Life before "worldly living"

• Farming

• Created gold and silver statues

• The afterlife

Egyptians believed that once a person dies, his or her ______ left the body and became a spirit. People would build tombs dedicated to this.

• Ptah

• Pharaoh

• Heart

• Ka

If bodies decayed, Egyptians believed that the spirit _______.

• Would not have a body to move into and would float around looking for a new body.

• Could not recognize the body, breaking the link between the body and spirit.

• Possess a living human's body

• Would receive everlasting punishment from the Egyptians gods.

Who had their bodies embalmed as mummies?

• Elites and royals

• Scribes, crafters, and traders

• Middle and upper class people

• Everyone in Egyptian civilization

Egyptians believed that burial sites were very important, so they built spectacular monuments, called pyramids, for ______.

• The upper class in society

• All mummies

• Their rulers

• Important military leaders

A pyramid's shape, pointing to the sky, symbolized a pharaoh's journey to the _________.

• Sky

• Death chamber

• Afterlife

• Tomb