Chap 9 SS Quiz

A craftsperson

• peasant

• artisan

• scribe

• farmer

A large stone coffin is called a

• sanctuary

• pictograph

• mummy

• sarcophagus

A severe shortage of food

• social class

• social pyramid

• famine

• census

The pharaoh is at the top of the social pyramid.

• True

• False

Reorder the following as if you were creating the Egyptian Social Pyramid.

1 is the top and 5 is the bottom

• Peasants

• Pharaoh

• scribes

• Government Officials

• Priests

Students typically spent 12 or more years learning ___________, the symbols used in Egyptian system of writing.

Embalm is

• to treat a dead body with preservatives to prevent it from decaying

• a large stone coffin

• a holy room

• hieroglyph

An agreement between nations to work together for common interests

• government

• pharaoh

• alliance

• banquet

A person who does farm work for wealthy land owners

• scribe

• egyptian

• peasant

• slave

A high ranking government official

• alliance

• priest

• vizier

• none of the above