Lesson 9 Study Guide And Vocab

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 out 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

The peasants during the flooding season.

Question 15

What activities were only men allowed to do?

Answer 15

Work as a scribe.

Question 16

How did most government officials get their jobs?

Answer 16

Inherited the position from family.

Question 17

Describe the role of women in religion.

Answer 17

They could become a priestess.

Question 18

Name the most important duty of the vizier.

Answer 18

Acted as a Chief Judge who decided the hardest court cases.

Question 19

What was found in the sanctuary of a temple?

Answer 19

Statue of a god who was usually the temple god.

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Thought it was necessary for their 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

Attending scribe school.

Question 22

Why did it take many years to become a scribe?

Answer 22

They had to learn hundreds of hieroglyphs.

Question 23

Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus which was made from _____.

Answer 23

Papyrus reeds

Question 24

Name the social status from highest to lowest.

Answer 24

Pharaoh
Government official
Priest
Scribe
Artisan
Peasant

Question 25

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

Answer 25

They carved scenes of daily life of ancient Egyptians.

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 forms did many farmers pay their taxes?

Answer 28

Grain.