Ancient Egypt Social Structure

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Who were the individuals responsible for using hieroglyphics to record information? Options: artisans, bureaucrats, pharaohs, scribes

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scribes

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Which two groups were at about the same level on the social pyramid? Options: Priests and Government Officials, Vizier and Pharaoh, Farmers and Artisans, Scribes and Priests

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Priests and Government Officials

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Which of the following would have the most status, importance, and power on the social pyramid? artisan, a farmer, a scribe, a priest

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a priest

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Which of the following was not commonly written by scribes? important events in history, court cases, tax rates and food supplies, poetry and plays

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poetry and plays

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Which of the following was not a job performed by a priest? Options: mummification, maintaining temples of the gods, religious rituals

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collecting taxes

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At the end of his career, what was a successful soldier given? (Options: a wife, gold, land, a trophy)

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land

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Which of the following would not be a craftsman in ancient Egypt? a carpenter, a weaver, a miner, a jeweler

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a miner

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

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Pharaoh

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Define hierarchy

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

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

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Merchant