Social Classes in Ancient Egypt

Question 1

How does the work of ancient Egyptian artisans help us learn today about life in ancient Egypt?

Accepted Answer

They carved and painted scenes of everyday life.

Question 2

Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus, which was made from

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a plant.

Question 3

In the life of a peasant, which season came next after the flooding season?

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the planting season

Question 4

What was an important duty of the vizier?

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to decide court cases

Question 5

Of these four groups, which one had the lowest social status?

Accepted Answer

artisans

Question 6

What were priests jobs?

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Advised the pharaoh and oversaw all religious ceremonies

Question 7

Why did it take many years to become a scribe?

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There were hundreds of hieroglyphs to learn.

Question 8

Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt shaped like a pyramid or triangle?

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Most people were in the bottom and the fewest at the top.

Question 9

What are peasants jobs?

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Unskilled workers, grew crops, helped build monuments

Question 10

In what form did many farmers pay their taxes?

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grain

Question 11

Most peasants lived in

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mud-brick houses.

Question 12

Which shows the correct order of Egypt's social class pyramid?

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Pharaoh, Gov official, Priest, Scribe, Artisan, Peasant

Question 13

What were artisans jobs?

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Carpenters, jewelers, stone carvers, produced the statues

Question 14

What was one of the ways that a boy from a peasant family could rise to a higher social class?

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attend scribe school

Question 15

What were scribes jobs?

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Writers and record keepers, recorded accounts of the grain

Question 16

How did most government officials get their jobs?

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They inherited the position from a family member.

Question 17

Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs?

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peasant farmers during the flood season

Question 18

What were government officials jobs?

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Serve as chief judge, oversaw the government's wealth

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