Chapter 4 Section 2 Quiz

What purpose did pyramids serve?

• as tombs for the pharaohs

• as markets for trade

• as centers of government

• as temples for religious worship

Which group of people made up the lowest class in the Egyptian social hierarchy?

• artisans and merchants

• farmers and soldiers

• officials and scribes

• slaves and unskilled laborers

Why did Egyptians make mummies?

• to honor the ghosts of ancestors

• to provide a body for the spirit after death

• to protect the tombs of pharaohs

• to worship their gods

What event marked the start of the Middle Kingdom?

• a civil war among rival groups

• a lengthy period of famine

• the conquest of the Hyksos

• the rule of Mentuhotep II

Which choice best describes the Egyptian Book of the Dead?

• a collection of hymns sung at burials

• a guidebook to the journey into the afterlife

• a religious poem read aloud at festivals

• a story recounting a popular epic adventure

Which god did Egyptians believe weighed their hearts after death?

• Anubis

• Osiris

• Ra

• Thoth

What characterized Egyptian religion?

• belief in one all-powerful god

• belief that the pharaoh was the king of their gods

• the worship of many gods, who

  ruled every aspect of Egyptian life, from birth to death.

• A belief in reincarnation in which people's next life depended on how they acted in this life

How did the Middle Kingdom differ from the Old Kingdom?

• Egypt stayed split apart in the Middle Kingdom.

• The Middle Kingdom had more prosperity than the Old Kingdom.

• The Middle Kingdom was a complete failure.

• The Old Kingdom was a time of more prosperity and stability than the

  Middle Kingdom.