Gods, temples and beliefs in ancient Egypt
Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet
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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.
What did priests do for the god's statue each day, Ari asks?
- Moved it to a new city
- Washed, dressed and fed it
- Set it in a boat shrine
- Carried it to the market to sell
What happened to the statue at festivals, Bo asks?
- It was broken and made anew
- It was washed and dressed
- It stayed shut in its shrine
- It rode in a boat shrine
Did Egyptians think the image itself was a god, Esme asks?
- No; it was a place to reach the god
- Yes; the stone itself was the god
- Yes; the king's own face was the god
- No; images had no use to them
Who served the god three times a day, in theory, Jun asks?
- Scribes at the market
- The king, as highest priest
- Local people at the yearly festivals
- Visitors from Greece
Who sang and danced as the boat shrine passed, Luz asks?
- The god's statue
- Greek visitors
- Local people
- The king, by himself
Why did Egyptians make daily offerings, by the note, Milo asks?
- To sell food to the priests
- They believed it would stop the Nile flood
- To pay a yearly tax to Greece
- They believed it kept the world in order
What was each person's duty toward maat, Noah asks?
- To serve as a priest each day
- To carry the boat shrine
- To help keep truth and balance
- To build a new temple each year
Why was the god's statue given food, drink and clothes, Pia asks?
- To get it ready for a trip abroad
- To feed the temple's animals
- They thought the stone was hungry
- Egyptians believed gods needed care
Which sentence is written the careful history way, Ren asks?
- Rituals keep the world in order
- Egyptians did not hold rituals in temples
- Egyptians believed statues were gods
- Egyptians believed rituals kept order
Tala writes, "The king served the god three times a day." Which change makes it careful?
- Change king to farmer
- Add: in theory; priests did it in practice
- Change three times to thirty
- Leave it: the chart says the king