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L9 Study Guide And Vocab Flashcards

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An existence after death

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Afterlife

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

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Hieroglyph

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Not taking sides or getting involved in disagreements

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Neutral

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Of high birth or rank

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Noble

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To take up or fill

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Occupied

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A person who does farm work

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Peasant

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Stiff;unable to bend

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Rigid

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A position based on socially expected behavior

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Role

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

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Social class

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

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Social pyramid

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The position, or standing, on and individual compared to others in the same society

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Status

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The highest ruling level

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Supreme

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Who built the giant temples of the Pharaohs

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Peasants during the flooding season

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What activities were men only allowed to do

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Scribes

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How did most government officials get their jobs

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Inherited family positions

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Describe the role of women in religion

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Could be priestesses

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Name the most important duty of the vizier

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Serve as chief judge + decide court cases

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What was found in the sanctuary of a temple

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The temple God

19
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Why did Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead

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They needed it in the after life

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

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Go to scribe school

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Why did it take many years to become a scribe

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Had to learn hundreds of hieroglyphics

22
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Skilled scribes wrote in papyrus, which was made from

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Papyrus plant

23
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Name the social class from highest to lowert

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Pharaoh, GO,Priests,Scribes,Artisan,Peasent

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How does the work of ancient Egyptians Artisans help us learn today about lid in ancient Egypt

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They carved and painted scenes from the daily lives of the Egyptians

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

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Planting season

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Most peasants lived in

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Mud-brick houses

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In what form did many farmers pay their taxes

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In form of crops

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