Lesson 9 Vocab/ Studie Guide 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?
the most respected were at the top and had fewer people bottom had lower status but more people
Who built the giant temples of the Pharaohs?
The peasants in the flooding season
What activities were men only allowed to do?
Only men were allowed to be scribes
How did most government officials get their jobs?
They inherited positions of family members
Describe the role of women in Religion.
priestesses
Name the most importany duty of the vizier.
Chief judge who decided court cases
What was found in the sanctuary of a temple?
A statue of a temple god
Why did Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead?
They thought it would be needed 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?
They had to learn 700 hieroglyphs
Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus, which was made from ______.
Papyrus plant
Name the social status from highest to lowest.
- Pharaoh
- Government officials
- Priests
- Scribes
- Artisans
- Peasants
