Social Class
IN ANCIENT EGYPT, WORKING AS A SCRIBE COULD ONLY BE DONE BY WHO?
MEN
IN WHICH ROOM OF A TEMPLE ARE YOU MOST LIKELY TO FIND A STATUE OF A GOD?
THE SANCTUARY OF A TEMPLE
A PLANT THAT SKILLED SCRIBES WROTE ON IS CALLED____
A PAPYRUS
THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE WERE NOT ALLOWED IN THE TEMPLES.
WOMEN
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MINERAL RICH SOIL AND ROCK THAT THE NILE FLOOD WATER LEFT BEHIND?
SILT
MOST PEASANTS LIVE WHERE?
MUD-BRICK HOUSES
WHERE WERE IMPORTANT PHARAOHS TOMBS LOCATED IN?
PYRAMIDS
WHAT WAS THE WRITING SYSTEM THAT ANCIENT EGYPT USED?
HIEROGLYPHS
HOW DID MOST OF THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GET THERE JOBS?
THEY INHERITED THE POSITION FROM A FAMILY MEMBER
WHAT DIRECTION DOES THE NILE FLOW?
NORTH
WHAT DID MANY FARMERS USE TO PAY THEIR TAXES?
GRAIN
THESE PEOPLE BUILT THE TEMPLES OF THE PHARAOHS.
PEASANT FARMERS DURING THE FLOOD SEASON
DRAW IT!
A PYRAMID
IF YOU WERE A BOY FROM A PEASANT FAMILY, HOW COULD YOU RISE TO A HIGHER SOCIAL CLASS?
ATTEND SCRIBE SCHOOL
WHERE IS UPPER EGYPT LOCATED?
SOUTH OF LOWER EGYPY AND THE NILE DELTA
WHO'S DUTY WAS IT TO DECIDE COURT CASES DURING THIS TIME?
A VIZIER
WHAT WAS BURIED WITH EGYPTIANS WHEN THEY DIED TO FEED THEM IN THE AFTERLIFE?
BREAD AND BEER
WHAT DID ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ARTISTS LEAVE BEHIND TO HELP US LEARN ABOUT THEIR LIFE?
CARVED AND PAINTED SCENES OF EVERYDAY LIFE
IT TOOK MANY YEARS TO BECOME A SCRIBE BECAUSE......
THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF HIEROGLYPHS TO LEARN
USING THE SHAPES PROVIDED, WHY ARE THE SOCIAL CLASSES DESCRIBED BY THE SHAPE ON THE LEFT RATHER THAN THE RIGHT?
MOST PEOPLE WERE IN THE BOTTOM CLASS, AND THE FEWEST PEOPLE WERE AT THE TOP
FOR A PEASANT, WHICH SEASON CAME BEFORE PLANTING SEASON?
FLOODING SEASON
WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF PREVENTING A BODY FROM DECAYING SO IT CAN GO INTO THE AFTERLIFE?
MUMMIFICATION
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF A SPHINX?
TO GUARD THE TEMPLE OR BURIAL SITE
BESIDES PEASANTS, WHICH GROUP OF PEOPLE HAD THE LOWEST SOCIAL CLASS?
ARTISANS
WHAT PHARAOH BUILT THE PYRAMID OF GIZA?
KHUFU