Lesson 9 Vocab/study Guide

Question 1

An existence after life

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

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 ancient Egypt described by the shape of a pyramid rather than a cube?

Answer 13

Most people were in the bottom class, and fewest people were at the top

Question 14

Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs

Answer 14

Peasants- flooding seosan

Question 15

What activities were men only allowed to do

Answer 15

Work as scribes

Question 16

How did most government officials get their jobs

Answer 16

Inherited the position from a family member

Question 17

Describe the role of women in religion

Answer 17

Priestises

Question 18

Name the most inportant duty of the vizier

Answer 18

Serving as chief judge- decided court cases

Question 19

What was found in the sanctuary of a temple

Answer 19

The statue of the temple god

Question 20

Why did Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead

Answer 20

They could have things in their after life

Question 21

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

Answer 21

They could be a scribe and attend scribe school

Question 22

Why did it take many years to become a scribe

Answer 22

Had to learn hundreds of hieroglyphics

Question 23

Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus, which was made from

Answer 23

Papyrus plants

Question 24

Name the social class from highest to lowest

Answer 24

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

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Carved and painted scenes of daily life

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Planting season

Question 27

Most peasents lived in

Answer 27

Mud brick houses

Question 28

In what form did many farmers pay their taxes

Answer 28

Food and crops and grain