L9 Sg/vocab Flashcards
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an existence after death
Afterlife
a symbol used in hieroglyphics, a system of writing developed around 3000 B.C.E.
Hieroglyph
not taking sides or getting involved in disagreements
Neutral
of high birth or rank
Noble
To take up or fill
Occupied
a person who does farm work
Peasant
Stiff unable to bend
Rigid
a position based on socially expected behavior
Role
a group in society that is ranked by factors such as wealth, property, and rights
Social class
a pyramid outline showing the positions of social classes according to their status in society
Social pyramid
the position, or standing, of an individual compared to others in the same society
Status
The highest ruling level
Supreme
Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt described by the shape of a pyramid rather than a cube?
It was like that because the more important people had less
people in the social class and at the bottom there were more
bottom like peasants.
Who build the giant temples for the pharaohs
The peasants did when they weren’t working the fields during the flooding.
What activities were men only allowed to do?
Scribes
How did most government officials get their jobs?
They were born into the job
Describe women in religion
Priestesses
Name the most important job the vizier
Chief judge who decides court cases
What was found in the sanctuary of a temple?
A statue of a god
Why did Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead?
So it could be with them in the afterlife
What was one of the few ways that a boy from a peasant family could rise to a higher social class
Becoming a scribe
Why did it take many years to become a scribe?
Learn a lot of words
Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus which was made from
Plants
- Name the social status from highest to lowest.
Pharaoh, Priests, scribes, Artisans, Pesants
