Oxford Humanities ANCIENT EGYPTIAN

SOCIETY Workbook
Chapter 10.4 Key Groups in Egyptian Society
Use the information in Chapter 10.4 to complete a Pyramid of Egyptian Society below.

Fill in the pyramid below, or print it out, or draw a pyramid like the one below into your book, divide it into 5
sections and write the names of each of the corresponding social classes into the correct place on the pyramid.
Add drawings and colour to make it look beautiful!
Next, use the information found in Source 2 in Chapter 10.4 to complete the summary table on the roles and
responsibilities of key groups in Ancient Egyptian Society below.

Fill in the table below, print it out or draw up 11 boxes in your work book and complete it in there.
Pharoah

Chief Priest
Visier
 Nobles

Priestesses

Scribes
 Soldiers

Merchants

Craftsmen
Farmers

Slaves
Complete Chapter 10.4 Check your Learning questions 1-4 underneath your pyramid in FULL SENTENCES!

(The answers for these questions can be found be reading the chapter)

1. Place these social groups in order (from the most important to the least important) according to the values of
ancient Egyptian society: potter, merchant, pharaoh, farmer, priestess, vizier, and scribe.

2. How might a farmer’s social role and standing potentially change if he learnt to read and write?

3. Explain why almost all the scribes in ancient Egypt were men.

4. Compare the roles of a chief priest and the vizier in ancient Egypt.
Chapter 10.7 Other Key Groups in Egyptian Society
Rule a blank page your workbook into 4 boxes like the ones drawn below.

Write the corresponding heading in each box.

Women: Slaves:

Scribes: Craftsmen:

As you read chapter 10.7, write down as many important bits of information as you can think of about the roles of
women, slaves, scribes and craftsmen in ancient Egypt

Complete Chapter 10.7 Check your Learning questions 1-7 in FULL SENTENCES!

1. Explain some of the ways in which religious beliefs in ancient Egypt shaped the role of a woman
2. What were the main differences in work opportunities for wealthy women compared to poorer women?
3. What time of lives could most slaves in ancient Egypt expect to live? What types of duties were they
expected to carry out?
4. What types of duties were less fortunate slaves expected to carry out?
5. Name 3 important responsibilities that scribes would have had in ancient Egyptian society
6. Why has the work of scribes been so important to the development of our knowledge about the society of
ancient Egypt?
7. List the physical or mental qualities or skills that you think would have made a slave an ideal person for each
of the following roles
a. The pharaoh’s household
b. Working in the desert mines
c. Working in a local temple