Quiz- Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

The main difference between Judaism and the ancient Egyptian religion was...

• the number of gods they believed in.

• Egyptians believed in an afterlife but Jews did not.

• Jews believed in a god, but Egyptians were atheists.

• where they lived.

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The afterlife is the idea that...

• after your body dies, your soul lives on.

• everyone goes to a heaven, or good place when they die.

• after someone dies, their families mourn them.

• gods are immortal.

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​ (a)   are like extremely large tombstones for​ (b)   and their families.

• Pyramids
• Pharaohs

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Since everyone was mummified, only the rich were placed in sarcophagi (plural of sarcophagus), and only the leader and his family were built pyramids, it's easy to see that burial practices were based on...

• social classes.

• religion.

• what was available in the country at the time.

• how good you were in your life.

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Egyptians were obsessed with their social classes. Proof of these can be found in the jewelry they wore. Which of these is true?

• Everyone wore jewelry, but the material was different based upon what you could afford.

• Jewelry was used by the priests as a way to connect to their one god.

• Only the rich wore any jewelry.

• No one but the Pharaoh wore jewelry.

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The Egyptians were under control of their god-king known as...

• Pharaoh.

• Moses.

• Julius Caesar.

• Emperor.

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An important job, ranked 3rd in the ancient Egyptian hierarchy, were scribes who were responsible for writing everything in...

• hieroglyphics.

• cuneiform.

• emojis.

• kanji.

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Reorder the following

• The Pharaoh died.

• The body is wrapped in linen and priests pray over and put spells on the body.

• Priests remove the Pharaoh's organs. Some are kept, others are thrown away.

• The body is placed in a sarcophagus and then inside a tomb in a pyramid.

• The Pharaoh's body is placed in salt to dehydrate the remaining parts.

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Ra was the sun-god, Anubis was the god of the dead, Khnum controlled the flooding Nile, Thoth was god of writing.

The Egyptians had gods...

• for everything.

• only certain aspects of life.

• were real and are still worshipped today.

• but not a lot.

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Match the following

• Found in 1799, this large artifact has the same government story written in 3 different languages.

• Upper Egypt

• In the south, but upstream the Nile.

• Rosetta Stone

• The most fertile area in all of Egypt.

• Papyrus

• Made from a plant in the Nile, this is the first parchment to write on.

• Lower Egypt

• In the north, but down stream the Nile.

• Delta

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