Ancient Egypt Social Structure

Who were the individuals responsible for using hieroglyphics to record information?

• artisans
• bureaucrats
• pharaohs
• scribes

Which two groups were at about the same level on the social pyramid?

• Priests and Government Officials

• Vizier and Pharaoh

• Farmers and Artisans

• Scribes and Priests

Which of the following would have the most status, importance, and power on the social pyramid?

• artisan

• a farmer

• a scribe

• a priest

Which of the following was not commonly written by scribes?

• important events in history
• court cases
• tax rates and food supplies
• poetry and plays

Which of the following was not a job performed by a priest?

• collecting taxes
• mummification
• maintaining temples of the gods
• religious rituals

At the end of his career, what was a successful soldier given?

• a wife
• gold
• land
• a trophy

Which of the following would not be a craftsman in ancient Egypt?

• a carpenter

• a weaver

• a miner

• a jeweler

What is the name given to the king in ancient Egypt?

• Pharrel

• Artificial

• Phantom

• Pharaoh

Define hierarchy

• the title of king in ancient Egypt

• a system in which people belong to social classes of different ranks

• the area near a river's mouth where the water deposits fine soil

• the heir to a throne

Their role was to carry goods such as grain, rope, jewelry out of Egypt to other countries.

• Merchant
• Artisan
• Scribe
• Government Officials