L9 Vocab/Study Guide

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

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

Answer 10

Status

Question 11

the highest ruling level

Answer 11

Supreme

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Social pyramid

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Most people were in the bottom class and few people at the top

Question 14

Who built the giant temples of the Pharaohs

Answer 14

Peasant/farmers during flood seasons

Question 15

What activities were men only allowed to do

Answer 15

Be scribes

Question 16

How did most government officials get their jobs

Answer 16

Inherited positions from family members

Question 17

Describe the role of women in religion

Answer 17

Priestesses

Question 18

Name the most important duty of the vizier

Answer 18

Served as chief judge and decide court cases

Question 19

What was found in the sanctuary of a temple

Answer 19

The statue of a God

Question 20

Why did Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead

Answer 20

Needed it in 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

Attend scribe school

Question 22

Why did it take many years to become a scribe

Answer 22

Had to learn over 700 hieroglyphs

Question 23

Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus which was made from

Answer 23

Papyrus plant

Question 24

Name the social status from highest to lowest

Answer 24

1. Pharaoh 2. Gov officials 3. Priests 4. Scribe 5. Artisans 6. Peasants

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Carved and pointed scenes of everyday life

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Planting season

Question 27

Most peasants lived in

Answer 27

Mud brick houses

Question 28

In what form did many farmers pay their taxes

Answer 28

Grain or crops