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?
- Washed, dressed and fed it
- Set it in a boat shrine
- Moved it to a new city
- Carried it to the market to sell
What happened to the statue at festivals, Bo asks?
- It stayed shut in its shrine
- It was washed and dressed
- It was broken and made anew
- It rode in a boat shrine
Who served the god in practice, Kira asks?
- The king himself, each time
- Farmers, at harvest time
- Priests, in the king's place
- Local people, at home
Who sang and danced as the boat shrine passed, Luz asks?
- Local people
- Greek visitors
- The god's statue
- The king, by himself
Why did Egyptians make daily offerings, by the note, Milo asks?
- To sell food to the priests
- They believed it kept the world in order
- They believed it would stop the Nile flood
- To pay a yearly tax to Greece
What was each person's duty toward maat, Noah asks?
- To help keep truth and balance
- To serve as a priest each day
- To build a new temple each year
- To carry the boat shrine
Why was the god's statue given food, drink and clothes, Pia asks?
- To feed the temple's animals
- They thought the stone was hungry
- Egyptians believed gods needed care
- To get it ready for a trip abroad
Which sentence is written the careful history way, Ren asks?
- Rituals keep the world in order
- Egyptians believed rituals kept order
- Egyptians believed statues were gods
- Egyptians did not hold rituals in temples
Tala writes, "The king served the god three times a day." Which change makes it careful?
- Add: in theory; priests did it in practice
- Change three times to thirty
- Change king to farmer
- Leave it: the chart says the king
Zee wants to call Egyptian beliefs right or wrong. What should a history answer do instead?
- Say the beliefs were mistaken
- Describe what they believed and did
- Say which god was the strongest
- Say which festival was the truest one