Lesson 9 Vocab/ Studie 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

the most respected were at the top and had fewer people bottom had lower status but more people

Question 14

Who built the giant temples of the Pharaohs?

Answer 14

The peasants in the flooding season

Question 15

What activities were men only allowed to do?

Answer 15

Only men were allowed to be scribes

Question 16

How did most government officials get their jobs?

Answer 16

They inherited positions of family members

Question 17

Describe the role of women in Religion.

Answer 17

priestesses

Question 18

Name the most importany duty of the vizier.

Answer 18

Chief judge who decided court cases

Question 19

What was found in the sanctuary of a temple?

Answer 19

A statue of a temple god

Question 20

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

Answer 20

They thought it would be needed in the after life.

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

Attend scribe school

Question 22

Why did it take many years to become a scribe?

Answer 22

They had to learn 700 hieroglyphs

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Papyrus plant

Question 24

Name the social status from highest to lowest.

Answer 24

1. Pharaoh
2. Government officials
3. Priests
4. Scribes
5. Artisans
6. Peasants

Question 25

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

Answer 25

They made pictures to show the daily 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 _______.

Answer 27

Small mud brick houses

Question 28

In what form did many farmers pay their taxes?

Answer 28

Food and crops