Lesson 9 Vocab And 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

Status

Answer 10

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

Question 11

the highest ruling level

Answer 11

Supreme

Question 12

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

Answer 12

The top has the most power and as you go down it gets less power.

Question 13

Who built the giant temples of the Pharaohs?

Answer 13

Peasants, during flood

Question 14

What activities were men only allowed to do?

Answer 14

Be scribes

Question 15

How did most government officials get their jobs?

Answer 15

Inherited from other family members

Question 16

Describe the role of women in Religion.

Answer 16

Priestesses

Question 17

Name the most important duty of the vizier.

Answer 17

Diced Court cases

Question 18

What was found in the sanctuary of a temple?

Answer 18

Statue of gods

Question 19

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

Answer 19

They needed it for afterlife

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 go to scribe school

Question 21

Why did it take many years to become a scribe?

Answer 21

You had to learn over 700 hieroglyphs

Question 22

Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus, which was made from ______.

Answer 22

Papyrus plant

Question 23

Name the social status from highest to lowest.

Answer 23

Pharaoh, government officials, priests, scribes, artisans, peasants

Question 24

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

Answer 24

They made statues, engraving, reliefs, monuments

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Planting season

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Mud brick houses

Question 27

In what form did many farmers pay their taxes?

Answer 27

Crops (grain)

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Social pyramid