SSLesson 9 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 position 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

It showed how many people were in each group

Question 14

Who built the giant temples of the pharaoh

Answer 14

Peasants-during the flooding season

Question 15

What activity were men only allowed to do

Answer 15

Be a scribe

Question 16

How did most government officials get their jobs

Answer 16

Inherited position from family members

Question 17

Describe the role of women in religion

Answer 17

They could be prisstesses

Question 18

Name the most important duty of the vizier

Answer 18

Serve as chief judge/ decide court cases

Question 19

What was found in the sanctuary of a temple

Answer 19

The statue

Question 20

Why did Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead

Answer 20

They needed it in the afterlife

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Attended scribe school

Question 22

Why did it take many years to become a scribe

Answer 22

They had to learn every hieroglyphic

Question 23

Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus, which was made from BLANK

Answer 23

BLANK: Papyrus plants

Question 24

Name the social status from highest to lowest

Answer 24

1.Pharaoh
2.Goverment officials
3.Priest
4.Scribes
5.Artisans
6.Peasents

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Carved/Pointed scenes of everyday life

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Planting season

Question 27

Most peasants lived in BLANK

Answer 27

BLANK: Small mud brick houses

Question 28

In what form did many farmers pay their taxes

Answer 28

Grain/Crops