Lesson 9: Flashcards
Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt described by the shape of a pyramid rather than a cube?
It tells you that the higher you are the less people there are and the lower you are the more people are with you.
Who built the giant temples of the Pharaoh?
Peasants farmer in the flooding season.
What activities were men only allowed to do?
Scribes
How did most government officials get their jobs?
Being born into it or being a loyal servent
Describe the role of women in religion.
Oversee temples devote to music and dancing.
Name the most important duty of the vizier.
Decide court judges
What was found in the sanctuary of a temple?
Temple God
Why did Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead?
To feed them in the after life.
What was one of the few ways that a boy from a peasant family could rise to a higher social class?
Attend Scribe School
Why did it take many years to become a scribe?
Because the have to memorize over 700 hieroglyphs.
Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus, which was made from_______.
Plant
Name the social status from highest to lowest.
-Pharaoh
-government
-priest
-scribe
-artisans
-peasants
How dose the work of ancient Egyptian help is learn today about life in ancient Egypt.
Carved and painted scenes
In the life of a peasant, which season came next after the flooding season?
Planting season
Most peasants lived in______.
Houses made out of mud bricks
In what form did many farmers pay their taxes?
Grain
a symbol used in hieroglyphics, a system of writing developed around 3000 B.C.E.
hieroglyphs
an existence after death
Afterlife
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
Ridge
a position based on socially expected behavior
Role
