Ancient Egypt
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Ancient Egypt Study Guide
Inventions
1. Plows help farmers dig up the ground. What was the main way Egyptians improved the plow to make it easier to farm? _____________________________________________________________________
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2. What do the calendar and the ox-drawn plow have in common in helping Ancient Egyptians? __________________________________________________________________________________
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3. This invention helped the Egyptians plan how to farm by breaking the year into three seasons: flooding, growing, and harvest. _____
4. The world's first type of paper was made out of a plant called...? _____
5. Small rocks and sand in Egyptian bread led to bad breath and tooth decay, so the Egyptians invented what two things to help? _____
Vocabulary
6. A group in society that is ranked by wealth, property, and rights. _______
7. The rankings of social classes according to their status and importance in society is known as...? ____
8. The ruler of Egypt who owned all the land and told the people he was a living god. ______
9. They spent many years learning Egyptian writing in order to become a recorder of information. This was a high paying job! _____
10. The Egyptian writing system had more than 2,000 of these characters. _____
Mummies
11. What must be done first in the embalming process? Step 1: _____________________________
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12. What must be done before the mummy is ready for burial? Step 3 & 4: _________________________
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13. What is the reason why Egyptians mummified their dead? ____________________________________
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14. Which group of religious people were responsible for supervising the mummification process? _____
15. Preserving the body and making the mummy is also known as...?___
Social Structure
16. Put the following social classes in order of status and power: scribes ; government officials;
peasants ; pharaoh; priests 1. 2. 3. 4 . 5.
17. Why is a triangle/pyramid used to show social structure?__________________________________
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18. What are two jobs a peasant might have that are important to Egyptian society? _____
19. What are two types of things that Egyptians wore to judge each other's status?____
20. What other people think about your importance to society is called...? _____
Answer Key:
A. Scribe
B. Pharaoh
C. Social structure.
D. Status.
E. The 365-day calendar.
F. Social class
G. Jewelry and wigs.
H. Papyrus
I. Toothpaste and breath mints.
J. Priests
K. Farmers & builders.
L. Embalming.
M. Hieroglyphs
Warmth and light
Other Egyptian topics to study:
- The Egyptian Gods scenario activity and your Egyptian Gods writing project
- The role and responsibility of each social class