The Old Kingdom - Ancient Egypt

The Egyptians believed that the pharaohs had absolute power over all of the land and people of Egypt because he (or she) came to Earth to manage Egypt for the rest of the gods.

• True

• False

Egypt traded with Nubia.

• True

• False

There were very few trees that grew naturally in Egypt. In order to get wood, the Egyptians had to...

• travel deep into the Sahara Desert to cut down trees

• trade with Syria

What did scribes do?

• Scribes built pyramids for the pharaohs.

• Scribes worked on the farms with their families.

• Scribes wrote messages using hieroglyphics.

• Scribes traveled around Egypt and traded.

The Mediterranean Sea is to the north of Egypt.

• True

• False

Many Egyptian religious customs focused on what happened after people died.

• True

• False

The Egyptians believed in...

• only one supreme God.

• many gods and goddesses.

The Egyptians had gods for nearly everything, including the sun, the sky, and the earth. Many gods mixed human and animal forms.

• True

• False

Ra is a very famous Egyptian god. Ra is the god of the...

• earth

• sky

• sun

• Nile River

Mummies were part of the ancient Egyptian's religious beliefs regarding the afterlife. Who had mummies made?

• Every member of Egyptian society had mummies made for them, regardless of their status.

• Only royalty and other members of Egypt's elite, or people of wealth and power, could afford to have mummies made.

• Only pharaohs had mummies made.