Daily Life
This river helped farmers grow crops in Ancient Egypt.
What is the Nile?
The top ruler of Ancient Egypt was called this.
Who is the pharaoh?
In Ancient Egypt both men and women could do this with property.
What is own property?
In Ancient Egypt the pharaoh was seen as both a king and this.
What is a god?
Name one job a man in Ancient Egypt might do to earn money for his family.
What is a farmer / builder / craftsman / scribe / soldier / government worker
Name the group that included farmers, laborers, and the people who worked the fields.
Who are farmers & laborers?
Name one type of work many women did at home.
What is prepare food / care for children / manage the home?
When the pharaoh gave orders, scribes wrote them down on this material.
What is papyrus (or carved in stone)?
Many people lived in simple homes and families paid part of their crops as this to the pharaoh.
What is tax or taxes?
These people wrote records, taxes, and history and went to special schools.
Who are scribes?
True or False: Some women in Ancient Egypt became powerful leaders called pharaohs.
What is True?
Name two ways the pharaoh kept control of the kingdom.
What are: led the army, collected taxes, used officials and priests, built monuments?
Craftspeople made useful and beautiful items. Give two examples of items they made.
What are clothing and pottery / jewelry?
This group was forced to work without pay and had little freedom.
Who are slaves?
Give one example from the guide of a role women could hold outside the home.
What is priestess / craftmaker / government official / pharaoh?
The government where the pharaoh had most power and people had little say is called this.
What is an authoritarian government?
Describe two ways daily life changed when men left to work on big building projects.
What are: women helped more with harvest and home tasks; families had fewer hands in the fields; neighbors or hired labor might help?
Put these in order from highest to lowest: farmers, pharaoh, scribes, nobles/priests.
What is pharaoh → nobles/priests → scribes → farmers?
Compare how Ancient Egypt was different from Ancient Rome in how men and women could participate in public life.
What is: Ancient Egypt allowed women to own property and sometimes hold important roles, while Ancient Rome mostly kept voting and offices to men?
Explain what "divine right" meant for Egyptians and how it helped the pharaoh keep power.
What is: People believed the pharaoh was chosen by the gods so they obeyed him/her; this belief made it easier for the pharaoh to rule without people questioning authority?