SS 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

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

Because there were less people at the top but more people were at the bottom

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 positions from 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

Served as chief judge and decide court cases

Question 18

What was found in the sanctuary of a temple

Answer 18

The statue of the Temple God

Question 19

Why did Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead

Answer 19

They believed they would go to the afterlife and receive those gifts. They needed it in the 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

Becoming a scribe

Question 21

Why did it take many years to become a scribe?

Answer 21

Had to learn hundreds of hieroglyphs

Question 22

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

Answer 22

A 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

Carved and painted scenes of everyday life

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Planting season

Question 26

Most peasants lived in _____

Answer 26

Houses made of mud brick

Question 27

In what form did many farmers pay their taxes?

Answer 27

Crops/grain

Question 28

Who built the giant temples of the Pharaohs?

Answer 28

Peasants—> during the flood season