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Food and Fun
Religion/Death
Vocabulary I
Social Classes
Vocabulary II
100
roast duck, geese, pigeons, goats, sheep, figs, cake
What foods did upper class Egyptians eat?
100
The place that Egyptians believed the human spirit went, after the body had died.
What is the afterlife?
100
a ceremonial boat
What is a barque?
100
There were five classes in it, NOT counting the top level, which was only for the pharaoh.
How many levels were there in the social pyramid in ancient Egypt?
100
plants, trees, shrubs, grass
What is vegetation?
200
onions, peas, fish, bread, lentils, beer
What foods did peasants eat?
200
Egyptians did this to dead bodies because of their belief in an afterlife.
Why did Egyptians embalm dead bodies?
200
a craftsperson
What is an artisan?
200
The lowest and largest class in ancient Egypt. They were unskilled laborers who grew crops to feed everybody in the civilization.
Who were the peasants?
200
A huge, triangular shaped monument built around a tomb.
What is a pyramid?
300
Peasants did not eat much of this because it was expensive.
What is meat?
300
This was the only organ that was left in the body when it was mummified.
What is the heart?
300
an official count of the population or number of people living in an area
What is a census?
300
This class of people specialized in a number of different crafts, including jewelry, painting, pottery, sculpting.
What jobs did artisans do in ancient Egypt?
300
An agreement between nations to work together for common interests.
What is an alliance?
400
A modest, three-room house, about 10 yards (30 feet) long
What kind of house would an artisan live in?
400
The mummy was placed inside of this large stone coffin.
What is a sarcophagus?
400
a severe shortage of food
What is a famine?
400
Only boys could be trained to do this job. It took 12 years of training and they had to memorize more than 700 hieroglyphs.
Who could become a scribe and how long did it take?
400
The surface features of a place or region, such as mountains or deserts
What is topography?
500
It was mostly women who did this: they used lutes, harps, flutes.
Who were musicians in ancient Egypt?
500
Priests took care of the temple and performed healings.
What were jobs of the priests in ancient Egypt?
500
to treat a dead body with preservatives to prevent it from decaying
What does embalm mean?
500
The highest class of Egyptians (below the pharaoh). These people usually came from the pharaoh's family.
Who were government officials?
500
a large stone coffin
What is a sarcophagus?