What is one question that this image of stone carvers might help historians answer?

How did Egyptian stone carvers create large statues?

Why did it take many years to become a scribe?

There were hundreds of hieroglyphs to learn.

Which sentence best describes the Egyptian belief about the afterlife?

A dead person's body and spirit stayed together after death.

Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs?

peasant farmers during the flood season

How does the work of ancient Egyptian artisans help us learn today about life in ancient Egypt?

They carved and painted scenes of everyday life.

From the image, you can see all of the details about the stone carvers' working methods EXCEPT

The stone carvers were slaves who had specific skills.

How did most government officials get their jobs?

They inherited the position from a family member

Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt depicted as a triangle shape?

Most people were in the lower classes.

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Daily Life in Ancient Egypt Lesson 9

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1
Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus, which was made from
a plant.
soft clay.
animal skins.
cotton rags.
2
Which of these activities was permitted only to men?
running a business
asking for a divorce
working as a scribe
owning land
3
What is one question that this image of stone carvers might help historians answer?
Where did the stone for the statue come from?
How did Egyptian stone carvers create large statues?
Which gods and goddesses did Egyptians worship?
Who paid for the large stone statue?
4
Of these four groups, which one had the lowest social status?
priests
government officials
scribes
artisans
5
What was one way that a boy from a peasant family could rise to a higher social class?
store a lot of grain
take care of a temple
help build a pyramid
attend scribe school
6
The STONE STATUE is most likely depicting a person from which social class?
a skilled artisan
a hard working peasant
a temple priest
a pharaoh
7
Why did it take many years to become a scribe?
Papyrus was very difficult to write on.
There were hundreds of hieroglyphs to learn.
Teachers were so harsh that students ran away.
Students had to save money to buy a position.
8
Which sentence best describes the Egyptian belief about the afterlife?
A dead person's spirit could be reborn into another person.
A dead person's spirit could go to heaven for ever.
A dead person would become a god or goddess
A dead person's body and spirit stayed together after death.
9
Which of these people were NOT government officials?
the vizier
the general of the armies
the chief treasurer
the temple priest
10
Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs?
government officials out of favor
priests hoping to get jobs at the temples
peasant farmers during the flood season
scribes who kept poor records
11
How does the work of ancient Egyptian artisans help us learn today about life in ancient Egypt?
They carved and painted scenes of everyday life.
They passed on their skills to sons and daughters.
They wrote histories of events on rolls of papyrus.
They left behind their tools made out of reeds.
12
Why did the Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead?
to avoid the risk of poison
to perform a sacrifice to the gods
to show earthly love
to feed them in the afterlife
13
In what form did many farmers pay their taxes?
music at banquets
paper notes
grain
copper coins
14
From the image, you can see all of the details about the stone carvers' working methods EXCEPT
The stone carvers worked together as a team.
The stone carvers had many different jobs.
The stone carvers were slaves who had specific skills.
They built scaffolding to reach the top of the statue.
15
How did most government officials get their jobs?
Priests relied on signs from the gods to choose them.
They inherited the position from a family member
Popular elections showed the vote of the people.
They attended school to learn how to govern.
16
Which sentence best describes the role of women in religion?
They could become priestesses.
They were not allowed in temples.
They were worshiped as gods.
They ran all religious ceremonies.
17
Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt depicted as a triangle shape?
The triangle represents the three seasons of the Nile.
Most people were in the middle class.
Most people were in the lower classes.
Many structures of that design were built in the desert.
18
Upper class Egyptians often viewed talented artisans as
a valued member of the pharaoh's court.
common laborers.
worthless to Egyptian society.
equal to scribes.
19
In the life of a peasant, which season came next after the flooding season?
the festival season
the planting season
the harvest season
the building season

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