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Chapter 5 Lesson 2
Life in Ancient Egypt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Theocracy- | government by religious leaders |
| Pharaoh- | ruler of ancient Egypt |
| Bureaucrat- | a government official |
| Embalming – | the process of treating a body to prevent it from decaying |
| Pyramid- | great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh |
| Distribute- | to divide shares and deliver the shares to different people |
| Crucial – | important or significant |
| Reside – | to be present continuously or have a home in a particular place |
| Labor – | work |
| Construct – | build |
| Role – | the function or part an individual fills in society |
| Manual – | involving physical effort |
| Obtain – | to gain something through a planned effort |
| Around ______, Egypt entered the period known as the Old Kingdom. | 2600 B.C. |
| A government in which the same person is both the political and religious leader is called a ______. | theocracy |
| Why did the Egyptians embalm the bodies of their dead pharaohs? | to preserve them while the souls traveled to the afterlife |
| The Egyptian pyramids were actually large ______. | tombs |
| The Egyptians always believed that only pharaohs could reach the afterlife. | FALSE |
| Who mostly built the Egyptian pyramids? | farmers |
| What invention resulted from the Egyptians studying the sky? | a 365-day calendar |
| Who made up the largest class in Egypt's social structure? | farmers and unskilled workers |
| If they tried hard enough, people from Egypt's lower classes could improve their social status. | TRUE |
| In an Egyptian family, the ______ was head of the household. | father |
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