Vocabulary
existence after death
What is afterlife?
women had these roles in Ancient Egypt...
What is typically managing the home and raising the children?
The following individual had roles of carrying out his plans… appointing government officials, and managing them.
What is a vizier?
What is being a man?
the most skilled artisans did the following...
What are stone carvers?
a person who does farmwork
What is a peasant?
men had these roles in Ancient Egypt...
What was the heads of their households and worked to support the family?
the top military general in Ancient Egypt
What was the General of the Armies?
the amount of years scribes took to learn hieroglyphs
What is 12 years of schooling?
the following that artisans did is the reason we know about Ancient Egypt history....
What is completing engravings, paintings, and construction of temples and pyramids?
the position, or standing, of an individual compared to others in the same society
What is status?
True or False: Most people belonged to the same social class as their parents.
What is true?
advised the pharaoh and oversaw all religious ceremonies
What is the high priest?
two ink colors scribes wrote in
What are the colors red and black?
peasants paid taxes with the following...
What are grains?
of high-birth, or rank
What is a noble?
Shaped this way due to the population of Egypt and how many people belonged to social classes.
What is a pyramid?
main duty was to oversee temples that were devoted to music and dancing.
What was the role of women in the Egyptian religion?
duties of army's scribes
What is keeping track of number of soldiers and food supplies?
Fun game that peasant men played while not working.
What is papyrus raft wars in the Nile River?
a symbol used in hieroglyphics, a system of writing developed around 3000 B.C.E.
stressed the importance of truth, order, and balance.
What is ma'at?
some of the responsibilities temple priests had to do for their job was...
What is avoiding certain foods, such as fish, that were associated with the lower classes, cleaning their bodies by bathing in holy pools three or four times a day, and wearing linen cloth.
the amount of hieroglyphs needing memorized by scribes
What are 700 hieroglyphs?
The Three Seasons of the Nile are as follows:
What are the flooding season, planting season, and the harvest season?