Lesson 9

Question 1

Afterlife

Answer 1

an existence after death

Question 2

hieroglyph

Answer 2

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

Question 3

neutral

Answer 3

not taking sides or getting involved in disagreements

Question 4

noble

Answer 4

of high birth or rank

Question 5

occupied

Answer 5

to take up or fill

Question 6

peasant

Answer 6

a person who does farm work

Question 7

rigid

Answer 7

stiff; unable to bend

Question 8

role

Answer 8

a position based on socially expected behavior

Question 9

social class

Answer 9

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

Question 10

social pyramid

Answer 10

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

Question 11

status

Answer 11

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

Question 12

supreme

Answer 12

the highest ruling level

Question 13

What were the social classes of Egypt described by the shape of a pyramid rather than a cube?

Answer 13

It is shaped liked a pyramid because it shows the importance of the social scale.

Question 14

Who build the giant temples of the pharaoh’s?

Answer 14

Peasants

Question 15

What activities were men only allowed to do?

Answer 15

A scribe

Question 16

How did most government officials get their jobs?

Answer 16

There family members

Question 17

What was the women role in religion?

Answer 17

Priestess

Question 18

Name the most important duty of the vizier.

Answer 18

Severed as a judge

Question 19

What was a found in the sanctuary of a temple?

Answer 19

The statue of a temple God.

Question 20

Why did Egyptians bury some with bread and wine?

Answer 20

Because they thought they would need it in the after life.

Question 21

What was one of the few ways a boy in these time could rise on the social pyramid.

Answer 21

Scribe school

Question 22

How many years did it take to become a scribe?

Answer 22

Had to learn pylogrifs

Question 23

Skilled scribe wrote on papyrus, witch was made of

Answer 23

Papyrus plant

Question 24

What did the art of artisans teach us today.

Answer 24

It showed all about there daily lives.

Question 25

In the life of a peasant with season came after the flooding season?

Answer 25

Planting

Question 26

Most peasants lived in

Answer 26

Mud brick structures

Question 27

In what form did farmers pay there taxes

Answer 27

In selling grains

Question 28

Name the social status from highest to lowest

Answer 28

Government officials- Priest-Scribes-Artisans-Peasant