L9 Sg/vocab

Question 1

an existence after death

Answer 1

Afterlife

Question 2

a symbol used in hieroglyphics, a system of writing developed around 3000 B.C.E.

Answer 2

Hieroglyph

Question 3

not taking sides or getting involved in disagreements

Answer 3

Neutral

Question 4

of high birth or rank

Answer 4

Noble

Question 5

To take up or fill

Answer 5

Occupied

Question 6

a person who does farm work

Answer 6

Peasant

Question 7

Stiff unable to bend

Answer 7

Rigid

Question 8

a position based on socially expected behavior

Answer 8

Role

Question 9

a group in society that is ranked by factors such as wealth, property, and rights

Answer 9

Social class

Question 10

a pyramid outline showing the positions of social classes according to their status in society

Answer 10

Social pyramid

Question 11

the position, or standing, of an individual compared to others in the same society

Answer 11

Status

Question 12

The highest ruling level

Answer 12

Supreme

Question 13

Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt described by the shape of a pyramid rather than a cube?

Answer 13

It was like that because the more important people had less
people in the social class and at the bottom there were more
bottom like peasants.

Question 14

Who build the giant temples for the pharaohs

Answer 14

The peasants did when they weren’t working the fields during the flooding.

Question 15

What activities were men only allowed to do?

Answer 15

Scribes

Question 16

How did most government officials get their jobs?

Answer 16

They were born into the job

Question 17

Describe women in religion

Answer 17

Priestesses

Question 18

Name the most important job the vizier

Answer 18

Chief judge who decides court cases

Question 19

What was found in the sanctuary of a temple?

Answer 19

A statue of a god

Question 20

Why did Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead?

Answer 20

So it could be with them in the afterlife

Question 21

What was one of the few ways that a boy from a peasant family could rise to a higher social class

Answer 21

Becoming a scribe

Question 22

Why did it take many years to become a scribe?

Answer 22

Learn a lot of words

Question 23

Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus which was made from

Answer 23

Plants

Question 24

12. Name the social status from highest to lowest.

Answer 24

Pharaoh, Priests, scribes, Artisans, Pesants

Question 25

How does the work of ancient Egyptian artisans help us learn today about life in ancient Egypt?

Answer 25

It had writing of the history of Egypt.

Question 26

In the life of a peasant, which season came next after the flooding season?

Answer 26

Planting season

Question 27

Most peasants lived in

Answer 27

Mud brick huts

Question 28

In what form did many farmers pay their taxes?

Answer 28

Grain