Lesson 9 Vocab

Question 1

Afterlife-

Answer 1

An existence after death

Question 2

Hieroglyph-

Answer 2

A symbol used in hieroglyphics, a system of writing developed around 3000 B.C.E

Question 3

Neutral-

Answer 3

Not taking sides or getting into disagreements

Question 4

Noble-

Answer 4

Of high birth or rank

Question 5

Occupied-

Answer 5

To take up or fill

Question 6

Peasant-

Answer 6

A person who does farm work

Question 7

Rigid-

Answer 7

Stiff; unable to bend

Question 8

Role-

Answer 8

A position based on socially expected behavior

Question 9

Social class-

Answer 9

social classa group in society that is ranked by factors such as wealth, property, and rights

Question 10

Social pyramid-

Answer 10

social pyramida pyramid outline showing the positions of social classes according to their status in society

Question 11

Status-

Answer 11

the position, or standing, of an individual compared to others in the same society

Question 12

Supreme-

Answer 12

The highest ruling level

Question 13

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Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt described by the shape of a pyramid rather than a cube?

Answer 13

Most people are at the bottom and only a few are at the top

Question 14

Who built the giant temples of the Pharaohs?

Answer 14

The peasants when they weren’t farming

Question 15

What activities were men only allowed to do?

Answer 15

Scribes

Question 16

How did most government officials get their jobs?

Answer 16

It was inherited by their ancestors

Question 17

Describe the role of women in Religion.

Answer 17

They could be priestesses

Question 18

Name the most important duty of the vizier.

Answer 18

Serving as chief judge

Question 19

What was found in the sanctuary of a temple?

Answer 19

Statues of gods

Question 20

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

Answer 20

So they can have food 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

If he became a scribe

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 plant

Question 24

Name the social status from highest to lowest.

Answer 24

Pharaoh
Government officials
Priests
Scribes
Artisans
Peasants

Question 25

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

Answer 25

They made engravings

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

Mud-brick houses

Question 28

In what form did many farmers pay their taxes?

Answer 28

In the form of crops