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Ancient Egypt 3.2
Ancient Egypt 3.2
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1
The Egyptian pyramids were actually large ______.
tombs
palaces
temples
ports
2
What invention resulted from the Egyptians studying the sky?
written numbers
fractions
geometry
a 365 day calendar
3
Osiris was the god of
farming god who ruled over the dead
learning, could take animal or human form
the Sun
the Sky
4
Hieroglyphics are picture symbols that represent only ideas and objects.
False
True
5
Who made up the largest class in Egypt's social structure?
priests and nobles
merchants and artisans
the pharaoh and his family
farmers and unskilled workers
6
Women could not own property, buy and sell items, and obtain divorces if they wanted to.
True
False
7
While building the pyramids, the Egyptians developed _________
a new social class.
geometry.
a 365-day calendar with 12 months.
hieroglyphics.
8
Canopic jars were buried with the mummy and used to store vital organs.
True
False
9
In an Egyptian family, the _________ was the head of the household.
child
pharaoh
father
mother
10
Traders, artisans, and scribes made up ancient Egypt’s ____________ class
theocracy
bureaucrats
middle
embalming
11
The Egyptians did not learn about the human body from embalming and mummifying the bodies.
False
True
12
Government officials called __________ were appointed by the pharaoh and carried out his orders.
theocracy
pyramids
embalming
bureaucrats
13
Re was the god of ________
farming god who ruled over the dead
the Sun
learning; could take animal or human form
the Sky
14
To learn how to obtain life after death, the Egyptians studied the _________
Book of the Dead.
Book of Spells.
Book of Life After Death
Book of Prayers.
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Why did the Egyptians embalm the bodies of their dead pharaohs?
as a way to bury them
to learn how the human bodies worked
to preserve them while the souls traveled to the afterlife
to honor and show respect for the dead