Lesson 9 Vocabulary

An existence after death

• Hieroglyph

• Afterlife

• Noble

• Neutral

A symbol used in hieroglyphics, a system of writing developed around 3000 B.C.E.

• Hieroglyph

• Occupied

• Peasant

• Rigid

Not taking sides or getting involved in disagreements

• Status

• Noble

• Neutral

• Role

Of high birth or rank

• Class

• Rigid

• Neutral

• Noble

To take up or fill

• Status

• Social Pyramid

• Occupied

• Peasant

A person who does farm work

• Status

• Peasant

• Noble

• Social Pyramid

Stiff; unable to bend

• Rigid

• Noble

• Occupied

• Status

A position based on socially expected behavior

• Social Pyramid

• Role

• Noble

• Peasant

A group in society that is ranked by factors such as wealth, property, and rights

• Supreme

• Rigid

• Social Class

• Noble

A pyramid outline showing the positions of social classes according to their status in society

• Status

• Rigid

• Role

• Social Pyramid