Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs?

peasant farmers during the flood season

Which sentence best describes the Egyptian belief about the afterlife?

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

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

Most people were in the lower classes

How did most government officials get their jobs?

They inherited the position from a family member

Why did it take many years to become a scribe:

There were hundreds of hieroglyphs to learn

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

They carved and painted scenes of everyday life

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Daily Life in Ancient Egypt: MTT

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1
Which sentence best describes the role of women in religion?
They could become priestesses
They were worshipped as gods
They ran all religious ceremonies
They were not allowed in temples
2
Upper class Egyptians often viewed talented artisans as
Equal to scribes
Worthless to Egyptian society
Common laborers
As a valued member of the pharaoh's court.
3
Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs?
peasant farmers during the flood season
priests hoping to get jobs at the temples
government officials out of favor
Scribes who kept poor records
4
Of these four groups, which one had the lowest social status
artisans
government officials
priests
scribes
5
Which sentence best describes the Egyptian belief about the afterlife?
A person's spirit could go to heaven
A dead person's spirit could be reborn into another
A dead person would become a god or godess
A dead person's body and spirit stayed together after death
6
Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt depicted as a triangle shape?
Most people were in the middle classes
Most people were in the lower classes
The triangle represents the three seasons of the Nile
Many structures of that design were built in the desert
7
Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus, which was made from
Cotton rags
Animal Skins
A plant
Soft Clay
8
In what form did many farmers pay their taxes?
Grain
Paper notes
Music at Banquets
Copper coins
9
Why did the Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead?
To perform a sacrifice to the gods
To feed them in the afterlife
To avoid the risk of poison
To show earthly love
10
What was one way that a boy from a peasant family could rise to a higher social class?
Take care of a temple
help build a pyramid
Attend scribe school
Store a lot of grain
11
How did most government officials get their jobs?
Popular elections showed the vote of the people
Priests relied on signs from the gods to choose them
They inherited the position from a family member
They attended school to learn how to govern
12
Which of these people was NOT a government official?
The general of the armies
The chief treasurer
The temple priest
The vizier
13
Why did it take many years to become a scribe:
Teachers were so harsh that students ran away.
There were hundreds of hieroglyphs to learn
Students had to save money to buy a position
papyrus was very difficult to write on.
14
Which of these activities was permitted only to men?
Owning land
Working as a scribe
Asking for a divorce
Running a business
15
How does the work of ancient Egyptian artisans help us learn today aobut life in Ancient Egypt?
They carved and painted scenes of everyday life
They wrote histories of events on rolls of papyrus
They passed on their skills to sons and daughters
They left behind their tools made out of reeds.

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