Government Officials
Why do we describe social order using a pyramid shape?
More people make up the lower classes, fewer people make up the top.
Loose 100 points for everyone on your team who:
1. Has eaten fish today
2. Is wearing wool or leather
3. Has hair
Why did it take many years to become a scribe?
There were hundreds of hieroglyphs to learn.
What did farmers do during the flood season?
Build temples and monuments.
Put the 6 social classes in order from most to least respected.
1. Pharaoh
2. Government Officials
3. Priests
4. Scribes
5. Artisans
6. Peasants
Why did Egyptians bury food with their dead?
So they would have something to eat in the afterlife.
What type of plant did Egyptians use for paper?
Papyrus
What kind of homes did peasants live in?
Small, mud-brick homes
How did most government officials get their jobs?
Their family members were government officials.
True or False:
Women could be priestesses.
True
True or False:
Women could be scribes.
False
How did farmers pay their taxes?
With grain
What are the three types of government jobs?
1. Vizier
2. Treasurer
3. General
What would you find in the sanctuary of a temple?
A statue of a god.
How does the work of ancient Egyptian artisans help us learn today about life in ancient Egypt?
They painted/carved pictures of everyday 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.
What were the two main roles of the vizier?
1. Advise the Pharaoh
2. Chief Judge
What were the three main kinds of priests?
1. High Priest
2. Temple Priest
3. Common Priest
Translate these hieroglyphs (doc cam)
Name the three seasons of the Nile in order.
1. Flooding Season
2. Planting Season
3. Harvest Season
Which type of workers were thought to be some of the most skilled in the artisan class?
Stone carvers