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