Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

Question 1

Peasants enjoyed some recreation time and celebrated holidays and religious festivals to honor the gods.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Artisans were very skilled laborers who created beautiful art objects & were greatly respected by upper class Egyptians.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

Most artisans lived in simple homes with three rooms and sometimes slept on the roof.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

During planting season peasants worked in pairs to...

Accepted Answer

Sow their fields with wheat and barley seeds.

Question 5

The highlight of the year was the end of harvest when farmers could collect and keep any leftover grain from the fields.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

The main duties of Egyptian priests and priestesses were?

Accepted Answer

Religious ceremonies, care for temples, purity & prepare dead for afterlife

Question 7

Egyptian life was divided into four distinct seasons.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Ancient Egyptians believed the afterlife was much like life.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Scribes could only be male but could come from other social classes.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

What are the next three groups below the Pharaoh on the social pyramid, in order?

Accepted Answer

Government officials, priests, scribes

Question 11

We know a lot about how the ancient Egyptians lived because of the works of Scribes and Artisans.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

The three seasons in the Egyptian year were...

Accepted Answer

Flooding, Planting & Harvest

Question 13

Egyptian artisans specialized in these crafts.

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 14

Peasants were the largest social class and enjoyed lavish lifestyles.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Guests at the feasts of Government officials enjoyed musicians, dancers, and lavish meals.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

If you were celebrating the Opet Festival how would you identify the Egyptian priests and priestesses?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 17

Peasants work was influenced by the three seasons of the Nile River, what did they do during flooding season?

Accepted Answer

Work on building projects for the Pharaoh.

Question 18

The Scribes were required to attend 12 years of school and memorize around 700 heiroglyphs?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

If peasant farmers could not harvest enough grain to pay their taxes to Pharaoh they could be:

Accepted Answer

Brutally beaten

Question 20

A Scribe's tools included what necessities?

Accepted Answer

Papyrus scrolls, reed pens, stone tablet, inkwells, leather carrying bags

Question 21

Which group on the Egyptian Social Pyramid had the most people?

Accepted Answer

Peasants/Farmers

Question 22

Many Egyptian dead were embalmed but only the wealthiest were fully mummified. What was the process of mummification?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 23

Ancient Egypt enjoyed a rather peaceful, prosperous and stable social structure and lifestyle.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Egyptian Scribes were highly respected and well paid.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

The Pharaoh had these three top government advisors.

Accepted Answer

General of the armies, Vizier, Chief Treasurer

Question 26

Scribes were an important social group that recorded official records, what was their system of writing called?

Accepted Answer

Hieroglyphics

Question 27

Egyptians developed an early form of paper made from a plant called.

Accepted Answer

papyrus

Question 28

In order to prepare the dead for the afterlife Egyptians practiced a process to preserve the bodies called: (choose two)

Accepted Answer

Mummification, Embalming

Question 29

How did social class affect daily life in ancient Egypt?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 30

Peasants ate a simple diet of:

Accepted Answer

fish, onions, cucumbers, bread, peas and lentils

Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

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Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

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