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Life in Ancient Egypt

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the king called in ancient Egypt?

a)

bureaucrat

b)

theocracy

c)

priest

d)

pharaoh

2.

The type of government where the leader is in charge of both religious AND a political responsibilities is called a ___.

a)

polytheism

b)

pharaoh

c)

theocracy

d)

bureaucrat

3.

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

a)

priest

b)

pharaoh

c)

polytheism

d)

bureaucrat

4.

Some of the duties of a bureaucrat included ___ and ___.

a)

crop planting

b)

irrigating canals

c)

leading worship

d)

making laws

5.

The belief in many gods and goddesses is called ___.

a)

embalming

b)

Book of the Dead

c)

polytheism

d)

theocracy

6.

The book that contained prayers and magic spells is called ___.

a)

Embalming

b)

Irrigation

c)

Polytheism

d)

Book of the Dead

7.

To preserve the body of the dead so their souls can travel to the afterlife, Egyptians created the process of ___.

a)

irrigation

b)

embalming

c)

Book of the Dead

d)

polytheism

8.

Embalmed bodies of pharaohs were buried in triangle-shaped tombs known as ___s.

a)

pyramid

b)

Book of the Dead

c)

polytheism

d)

irrigation

9.

The lower class in ancient Egyptian society was the ___.

a)

few

b)

largest

c)

smallest

d)

medium sized

10.

True or False: Few Egyptians sent their children to school in ancient times.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

"Around ___, Egyptian civilization entered the period known as the Old Kingdom" (McGraw Hill 108).

a)

2600 B.C.

b)

2600 A.D.

c)

2200 B.C.

d)

2200 A.D.

12.

"Egyptians were also loyal to the pharaoh because they thought he was the son of ___ , the Egyptian sun god" (McGraw Hill 109).

a)

Re

b)

Hapi

c)

Osiris

d)

Isis

e)

Thoth

13.

"The Egyptians learned much about ___ from embalming" (McGraw Hill 112).

a)

the human body

b)

basic medical skills

c)

sewing up cuts

d)

setting broken bones

14.

"...each pyramid rested on a square-shaped foundation, with an entrance facing ___" (McGraw Hill 114).

a)

north

b)

east

c)

south

d)

west

15.

Merchants, scribes, traders, artisans, and shopkeepers were part of the ___ class.

a)

upper

b)

middle

c)

lower

d)

every