WorksheetsLife in Ancient Egypt
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
What was the king called in ancient Egypt?
bureaucrat
theocracy
priest
pharaoh
The type of government where the leader is in charge of both religious AND a political responsibilities is called a ___.
polytheism
pharaoh
theocracy
bureaucrat
Government officials who are supposed to help the king (or other government leader) are called ___s.
priest
pharaoh
polytheism
bureaucrat
Some of the duties of a bureaucrat included ___ and ___.
crop planting
irrigating canals
leading worship
making laws
The belief in many gods and goddesses is called ___.
embalming
Book of the Dead
polytheism
theocracy
The book that contained prayers and magic spells is called ___.
Embalming
Irrigation
Polytheism
Book of the Dead
To preserve the body of the dead so their souls can travel to the afterlife, Egyptians created the process of ___.
irrigation
embalming
Book of the Dead
polytheism
Embalmed bodies of pharaohs were buried in triangle-shaped tombs known as ___s.
pyramid
Book of the Dead
polytheism
irrigation
The lower class in ancient Egyptian society was the ___.
few
largest
smallest
medium sized
True or False: Few Egyptians sent their children to school in ancient times.
True
False
"Around ___, Egyptian civilization entered the period known as the Old Kingdom" (McGraw Hill 108).
2600 B.C.
2600 A.D.
2200 B.C.
2200 A.D.
"Egyptians were also loyal to the pharaoh because they thought he was the son of ___ , the Egyptian sun god" (McGraw Hill 109).
Re
Hapi
Osiris
Isis
Thoth
"The Egyptians learned much about ___ from embalming" (McGraw Hill 112).
the human body
basic medical skills
sewing up cuts
setting broken bones
"...each pyramid rested on a square-shaped foundation, with an entrance facing ___" (McGraw Hill 114).
north
east
south
west
Merchants, scribes, traders, artisans, and shopkeepers were part of the ___ class.
upper
middle
lower
every
