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Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
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A review quiz on daily life in the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt
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1
Treating a dead body with preservatives to prevent it from decaying iscalled __________.
Alliance
Famine
Embalming
Fertilization
2
What is a famine?
a large stone coffin
a severe shortage of food
official count of the population of people living in an area
a large stone coffin
3
Which of the following were roles/characteristics Egyptian women played in Egyptian society?
Ask for divorces and represent oneself in legal matters
All of these answers
Had more freedom and rights than most women in ancient world
Typically managed home and took care of children
4
What is a scribe?
A high-ranking government official
A person who does farmwork for wealthy landowners
Egypt's official writers and record keepers
A craftsperson
5
What is a government official?
A person who does farmwork for wealthy landowners
A religious leader
Advised the pharaoh and carried out his/her commands
A craftsperson
6
What is an artisan?
A person who does farmwork for wealthy landowners
A person who writes
A craftsperson
A person who was in charge of temples and religious rituals
7
In the process of embalming, the organs were taken out of the body execept the _______.
brain
lungs
stomach
heart
8
Why was the heart left in the body during embalming?
None of these answers
It was left for the gods to judge a dead person's soul
Their soul woud not reach the afterlife if it was removed
the heart was too much of a hassle to remove
9
What is a peasant?
A person who carried out orders from the pharaoh
A person who does farmwork for wealthy landowners
Egypt's supreme rulers, looked upon as gods
Egypt's official writers and record keepers
10
What is a priest?
A craftsperson
A person in charge of temples and religous rituals
A high-ranking government official
Egypt's supreme ruler, look upon as gods
11
A high-ranking government official who served as the chief judge in Egypt is called a(n) _____.
vizier
chief treasurer
artisan
general of the armies
12
What is a pharaoh?
a high-ranking government official
a craftsperson
Egypt's supreme ruler, were looked upon as gods
A person who does farmwork for wealthy landowners
13
What was government official who assisted the pharaoh in matters of war and national security?
vizier
priest
general of the armies
chief treasurer
14
An agreement between nations to work together for common interests is called a(n) ____________.
aquaduct
census
alliance
democracy
15
Which of the following was
not
a thing that a priest had to do to remain purified?
Shave body hair
Wear linen cloth, because animal products were "unclean"
bathe 3-4 times daily in holy water
Memorize over 700 hieroglyphs
