Ancient Egyptian Life

What is the rank at the top of the social pyramid

• government officials

• pharaohs

• slaves

• artisans

What is the class at the bottom of the pyramid?

• scribe

• artisan

• pharaoh

• peasant

what is the order of the social pyramid? (top to bottom)

• artisan, peasant, scribe, priest, pharaoh, government official

• pharaoh, government official, priest, scribe, artisan, peasant

• moose, pharaoh, scribe, slave, artisan

• bird, slave, government official, peasant, priest

The scribes had to spend 12 years in school learning

True or False. Most people belong to the same social class as their parents.

• true

• false

What are the three types of government officials?

• vizier, chief treasurer, slave

• pharaoh, general of the armies, horse

• vizier, chief treasurer, general of the armies

• bird, artisan, vizier

What did the chief treasurer do?

• oversaw the governments wealth and collected taxes

• saw the government was poor and paid taxes

• didn't pay any taxes and got kicked out

• ate his food in the corner silently

What is in the picture?

• peasant

• scribe

• pharaoh

• baked beans

What are the three seasons of the Nile?

• the bean season, the crop season, and the flooding season

• the flooding, planting, and harvesting seasons

• the fishing season, the harvesting season, the hunting season

• the drought season, the spring season, the painting season

True or false. It was easy to move up in your social class

• false

• true