| A | B |
|---|
| social pyramid | few at the top, many,many at the bottom |
| social class | a group ranked by its wealth, status or power. |
| status | importance, power and privileges or lack of them |
| occupied | to take up or fill, to remain in a place |
| peasants | The most with the least! |
| role | a position with responsibilities |
| Egyptian women | able to start a divorce proceeding in court |
| A rigid class system lead to | a calm, stable society. |
| Without a rigid class system there might be | chaos, a revolution. |
| Women could not | become scribes. |
| Most government officials actually had | inherited their jobs. |
| Viziers advised the pharaoh and | settled court cases. |
| The chief treasurer was responsible for | collecting taxes in the form of goods. |
| Bread and beer might be included in a tomb | because they believed the dead needed to eat and drink. |
| Probably the only way a peasant boy could raise his status was | to get someone to pay for scribe school. |
| In a peasant's life, the flood season was followed by the | planting season. |
| Odd to us, the Egyptian harvest began | in March. |
| Ancient Egyptians lived on | the east side of the Nile River. |
| Ancient Egyptians buried the dead on | the west side of the Nile River. |
| Pyramids were used for | tombs of the pharaohs. |
| Embalming priests removed | organs from the body. |
| The brain was removed through | the nose. |
| The organ left in the body | was the heart so that Anubis could weigh it. |
| The body was packed with natron, | a type of salt. |
| The Egyptians performed mummification because | they believed the soul must recognize the body in afterlife. |
