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6th grade Gods, temples and beliefs in ancient Egypt worksheet

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Gods, temples and beliefs in ancient Egypt

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Temple life in ancient Egypt

Part	What happened
Daily offering	each day, priests washed and dressed the god's statue and offered it food and drink
Who served	in theory the king, as highest priest, three times a day; in practice, priests in the king's place
The statue	Egyptians did not think the image itself was a god; it was a place where people could reach the god
Festivals	the statue rode in a boat shrine, carried by priests, while local people sang and danced
Maat	an offering of Maat, truth and balance, was part of the ritual; each person shared the duty to keep maat

Below the chart: Egyptians believed these rituals helped keep the world in order.

1.
What happened to the statue at festivals, Bo asks?
- It was washed and dressed
- It was broken and made anew
- It stayed shut in its shrine
- It rode in a boat shrine
2.
Did Egyptians think the image itself was a god, Esme asks?
- No; images had no use to them
- Yes; the stone itself was the god
- Yes; the king's own face was the god
- No; it was a place to reach the god
3.
Who served the god three times a day, in theory, Jun asks?
- The king, as highest priest
- Scribes at the market
- Visitors from Greece
- Local people at the yearly festivals
4.
Who served the god in practice, Kira asks?
- Priests, in the king's place
- Local people, at home
- The king himself, each time
- Farmers, at harvest time
5.
Who sang and danced as the boat shrine passed, Luz asks?
- The god's statue
- The king, by himself
- Local people
- Greek visitors
6.
Why did Egyptians make daily offerings, by the note, Milo asks?
- To sell food to the priests
- To pay a yearly tax to Greece
- They believed it kept the world in order
- They believed it would stop the Nile flood
7.
Why was the god's statue given food, drink and clothes, Pia asks?
- They thought the stone was hungry
- To feed the temple's animals
- To get it ready for a trip abroad
- Egyptians believed gods needed care
8.
Which sentence is written the careful history way, Ren asks?
- Rituals keep the world in order
- Egyptians believed statues were gods
- Egyptians did not hold rituals in temples
- Egyptians believed rituals kept order
9.
Tala writes, "The king served the god three times a day." Which change makes it careful?
- Leave it: the chart says the king
- Change three times to thirty
- Add: in theory; priests did it in practice
- Change king to farmer
10.
Zee wants to call Egyptian beliefs right or wrong. What should a history answer do instead?
- Say the beliefs were mistaken
- Say which festival was the truest one
- Say which god was the strongest
- Describe what they believed and did

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Gods, temples and beliefs in ancient Egypt. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

I can name some Egyptian gods and goddesses (Ra, Amun, Ptah, Khnum, Thoth, Maat) and say what Egyptians believed about each, in the past tense.
I can describe temple life: daily offerings, who served in theory and in practice, festivals with the boat shrine, and the duty to keep maat.
I can follow changes over time (Thebes and Amun, Akhenaten and the Aten, Abydos, Karnak), read a passage by Herodotus as an outsider's view, and say how we know about the rituals.

Standard: D2.His.3.6-8

Common mistakes

Your child read the wrong row of the chart. Find the row's name first, then read across.

Your child chose a claim that says more than the evidence shows. Keep the claim as small as the evidence.

Your child wrote a belief as a plain fact. History says what Egyptians believed, in the past tense.

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What is the most common mistake with gods, temples and beliefs in ancient egypt?

Your child read the wrong row of the chart. Find the row's name first, then read across.

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