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Name: ______
Chapter 4, Ancient Egypt, Lesson 2: The Old Kingdom, pg. 142
1) You’re visiting the Egyptian city of ______in ______B.C. Gazing out into the desert, you stare in awe at the gigantic ______carving rising from the sands. It has the body of a ______and the head of a ______.
What is this monument called?
2) The air rings with the sound of copper ______striking stone. Many ______are needed to prepare the ______for the royal ______.
Egypt Unites, pg. 143
3) Between ______B.C. and ______B.C., ______Egypt grew in wealth and power.
Where is upper Egypt located? In the south or north end of the Nile River?
4) The kingdom traded ______and conducted ______-___., or relations with other countries, with ______Egypt.
Why would strong relationships with other cultures be a good thing? Bad?
5) In about 3100 B.C., King ______of ______Egypt, who some experts believe was the legendary king ______, united the Two Lands and built fhe city of ______as the new capital.
6) Egypt’s union established the world’s first ______, a region with a united people and a single ______. King Narmer’s rule marks Dynasty 1. A dynasty is a series of ______family.
7) About 31 dynasties ruled Egypt over more than ______years. Historians divide Egypt’s dynasties into 3 periods, 1) ______2) ______4) ______
8) How did the average Egyptian person view the pharaoh? Their king? How did their trust in their divinity (living-gods) allow the kings to maintain their authority?
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9) The king ______all the land and so controlled both the ______and ______.
What was the job of the chief vizier? ______
Written Form of Languages, pg. 144
10) Decribe some of the similarities and difference between the hieroglyphics and the English word.
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11) Around 3100 B.C., the Egyptians developed a writing system that used ______. More importantly, they borrowed the idea of writing from the ______.
12) The over ______Egyptian hieroglyphs represent a ______, ______, or an idea.
What does the word “hieroglyphi mean?
13) To record all of this new information, the ancient Egyptians developed ______, a kind of paper. How was it made and do you think it’s done a good job of holding up to today’s standards?
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14) For Egyptians, a ‘book’ was a ______, a roll of papyrus sheets joined end to end. Some scrolls were more than ______feet long.
Building the Pyramids, pg. 145
15) The ______is known as the Age of Pyramids. During this ______year period, the Egyptians developed the technology to build the ______structures in the world – the ______. These structures served as ______for Egyptian rulers.
16) What god is the pyramid identified with? ______
The ______Pyramid at ______was built for King ______of Dynasty 4 and completed about 2566 B.C. Originally 480 feet high (where did the rest of it’s height go?!?), it is made up of more than ______stone blocks. Each block averages about ______tons!
Who is Khafre? ______
17) How do the pyramids help us to understand the relationship between religion and then social and political order in early Egyptian society? Why were kings able to use huge amounts of resources and people to build pyramids? (Last paragraph, pg. 145)
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18) Why do you think the workes’ village was built near the pyramids?
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Preparing for the Afterlife, pg. 146
19) One of the Egyptians’ strongest religious beliefs was that there was an ______.
20) By 2500 B.C., Egyptian ______had invented new techniques for making a ______, or ______.
Which part of the body did Egyptians not remove? ______
21) Please describe the burial process using the information on pg. 146.
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22) Later, during the time of the ______, priests placed a collection of writings, known as the ______, in the tombs.
23) When was the Rosetta Stone discovered and why was its finding so important in understanding ancient Egyptians? (pg. 147)
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24) Please describe the story about Osiris was mentioned in the text on pg. 146. Use complete sentences and detail. What is the hidden meaning behind the story?
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