Lesson 9 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

Netrual

Question 4

of high birth or rank

Answer 4

Nobel

Question 5

To take 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 Egypt described by the shape of a pyramid rather than a cube

Answer 13

Top it was better and little where towards the botttem it was worse and larger

Question 14

Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs

Answer 14

Peasant

Question 15

What jobs were men only allowed to do

Answer 15

Scribes

Question 16

How did the role of women in religion

Answer 16

Priestesses

Question 17

Name the most important duty as a vizier

Answer 17

Served as chief judge

Question 18

What was found in the sanctuary of a temple

Answer 18

Temple God

Question 19

Why did Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead

Answer 19

To have things in the after life

Question 20

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

Answer 20

To become a scribe

Question 21

Why did it take many years to become a scribe

Answer 21

You had to learn 700m hydrocliffs

Question 22

Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus witch was made from

Answer 22

Papyrus plant

Question 23

Name the highest to lowest

Answer 23

Pharaoh, Gov officials, Priest, scribe, Artisan, Peasent

Question 24

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

Answer 24

It told about daily life

Question 25

In the life of a peasent witch season came next after the flooding season

Answer 25

Planting season

Question 26

Most peasants lived in

Answer 26

Made of mud bricks with little furniture

Question 27

In what form did many farmers pay their taxes

Answer 27

Crops

Question 28

What jobs were men only allowed to do

Answer 28

Scribes