Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs?

peasant farmers during the flood season

What are the stone carvers making?

a statue of a seated man wearing long hair and a beard

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.

Why did it take many years to become a scribe?

There were hundreds of hieroglyphs to learn.

Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt described by the shape at the left, rather than the shape at the right?

Most people are on bottom, and less on top.

From the image, what can you tell about the stone carvers’ working methods?

They worked together as a team. They used tools to chip the hard stone.

How did most government officials get their jobs?

They inherited the position from a family member.

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Daily Life of Ancient Egypt Chapter 9

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1
Which of these activities was permitted only to men?
asking for a divorce
working as a scribe
running a business
owning land
2
Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs?
peasant farmers during the flood season
government officials out of favor
priests hoping to get jobs at the temples
scribes who kept poor records
3
What are the stone carvers making?
a statue of papyrus
a statue of cattle
a statue of a seated man wearing long hair and a beard
a statue of a mud brick house
4
Most peasants lived in
camel-skin tents.
rafts in the river.
caves in the cliffs.
mud-brick houses.
5
What was an important duty of the vizier?
to lead the army
to decide court cases
to collect taxes
to help make alliances
6
Which sentence best describes the role of women in religion?
They were worshiped as gods.
They were not allowed in temples.
They ran all religious ceremonies.
They could become priestesses.
7
How does the work of ancient Egyptian artisans help us learn today about life in ancient Egypt?
They left behind their tools made out of reeds.
They wrote histories of events on rolls of papyrus.
they carved and painted scenes of everyday life.
They passed on their skills to sons and daughters.
8
In what form did many farmers pay their taxes?
copper coins
grain
paper notes
music at banquets
9
What was one of the few ways that a boy from a peasant family could rise to a higher social class?
take care of a temple
store a lot of grain
attend scribe school
help build a pyramid
10
Why did it take many years to become a scribe?
Teachers were so harsh that students ran away.
Students had to save money to buy a position.
Papyrus was very difficult to write on.
There were hundreds of hieroglyphs to learn.
11
Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt described by the shape at the left, rather than the shape at the right?
Many structures were built in the desert
Most people are on bottom, and less on top.
The triangle represented the three seasons of the Nile.
Scientists like to use a pyramid to keep the layers apart.
12
What is one question that finding this image might help historians to answer.
All of the above.
How didstone carvers reach high places on the statue?
What did stone carvers wear?
How did stone carvers wear their hair?
13
From the image, what can you tell about the stone carvers’ working methods?
One person at a time worked on the statue.
They worked together as a team. They used tools to chip the hard stone.
They worked all day and all night.
They used papyrus and glued it on the stone.
14
Of these four groups, which one had the lowest social status?
priests
government officials
artisans
scribes
15
How did most government officials get their jobs?
They attended school to learn how to govern.
Popular elections showed the vote of the people.
They inherited the position from a family member.
Priests relied on signs from the gods to choose them.
16
Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus, which was made from
animal skins.
cotton rags.
soft clay.
a plant.
17
Which of these was in the sanctuary of a temple?
a bench for women only
a pool for washing
a statue of a god
a public meeting area
18
In the life of a peasant, which season came next after the flooding season?
the festival season
the building season
the harvest season
the planting season
19
Why did Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead?
to avoid the risk of poison
to feed them in the afterlife
to show earthly love
to perform a sacrifice to the gods

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