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Vocabulary
Government Officials
Priests
Artisans and Scribes
Peasants
100
What does status mean?
Importance
100

Who is right underneath the pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid?

Government Officials such as: vizier, chief treasurer, and the general of the armies.
100

Who is third on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid?

Priests and Priestesses
100

Who is fourth and fifth on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid?

Scribes are fourth, and artisans are fifth.
100

Who is last on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid?

Peasants
200
What does social pyramid mean?
A pyramid outline showing the positions of social classes according to their status in a society
200
What does the Vizier do in ancient Egypt?
He advises the pharaoh, is a judge in hard court cases, and helps run the country when the pharaoh is busy.
200
What does afterlife mean?
An existence after death
200
What does artisan mean?
Highly skilled laborers who created some of the most beautiful art objects in the ancient world
200
What does peasant mean?
A person who does farmwork for wealthy landowners
300
What does social class mean?
A group in a society that is ranked by factors such as wealth, property, and rights
300
What does the Chief Treasurer do?
He is in charge of ancient Egypt's money and collecting the taxes.
300
How did a priest or priestess become purified (cleansed)? 
They had to avoid certain foods, they had to bathe in holy pools 3-4 times a day, they had to shave off all their body hair, and they could only wear linen cloth - no clothing made of animal products. 
300
What does scribe mean?
Official writers and record keepers
300
What are the 3 seasons of the Egyptian calendar? Name them in order.
Flood season, sowing season, and harvest season.
400
What does noble mean?
Of high rank or birth
400
What does the general of the armies do?

He is in charge of ancient Egypt's military and advising the pharaoh in times of war. The general of armies was the top military commander in Egypt after the pharaoh.

400
How long did the embalming and mummification process take?
About 70 days
400
How long was scribe school?
12 years, and it lasted from dawn to dusk
400
What did the men, women, and children do during the harvest season?
The men cut down the plants with sickles, and the women and children gathers the tall stalks of grain.
500
What does hieroglyph mean?
A symbol used in hieroglyphics, a system of writing developed around 3000 B.C.E.
500
How did ancient Egyptians pay their taxes?

In ancient Egypt they paid in goods, not in money, such as cloth, grain, animals, and silver.

500
What was buried with a mummy?
Food, furniture, drink, statues, jewelry, gold, clothes, games, and mirrors.
500
Name two types of artisans.
Stone carvers, jewelers, painters, metalworkers, potters, sculptors, weavers, carpenters, and leatherworkers.
500
What did peasants do for fun in their free time?
Men enjoyed a river game that involved knocking each other off papyrus rafts. Peasants also took part in festivals held in honor of their gods.