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HW/ Social Studies
Chapter Four/ Section One – Egypt Under the Pharaohs
NAME:_____________________________________________________________
Homework will be assigned for this section using this handout.
A.1 VOCABULARY FOR SECTION ONE- All words should be defined and posted in either a Flashcard App
or on flashcards.
cataract
delta
artisan
pharaoh
dynasty
bureaucracy
mummy
A.2-Use each of the words in a sentence that is relevant to Section One’s content.
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B. Answer the following questions as assigned. All questions must be answered fully and in full
sentences to receive full credit.
1. Which is the world’s longest river?
2. Where do the Blue Nile and White Nile meet to form the Nile?
3. Why might it be significant that cataracts make traveling upstream difficult on the Nile?
4. View the picture of the mask on page 144. What does the colorful gold mask tell you about the person
this coffin was used for?
USE THE MAP ON PAGE 145 to answer questions 5-8.
5. Where is the Egypt’s cropland located? Use relative and absolute ( approx.) locations. Specify which is
a relative location and which is an absolute location.
6. Where do you think most Egyptians lived and why?
7. Describe where the Black Land was on this map.
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8. What region does the Nile Delta form? Why is this area so fertile?
9. How did the Nile influence the Egyptian food supply?
PAGE 146- 147 The following questions focus on this section of the reading.
10. How did technology aid Egypt’s food supply?
11. How did increased food production affect people’s livelihoods?
12. What are artisans?
13. In what order di the kingdoms rise?
14. How did Middle Kingdom pharaohs control the Nile’s floods?
15. Which kingdom lasted the longest?
16. What is a bureaucracy?
PAGE 148-149 The following questions focus on this section of the reading.
17. What was unusual about Hatshepsut’s rule?
18. Which ruler chose to expand Egypt’s power through warfare?
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19. Contrast the reigns of Hatshepsut and Ramses II.
20. What was the outcome of Ramses’ conflicts with the Hittites?
21. Diagram and label what Egyptian society looked like. Then, identify the role of each class.
PAGE 150-151 The following questions focus on this section of the reading.
22. What do polytheists believe?
23. Why might the sun god be important to the Egyptians?
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24. Name some of the important gods in Egyptian religion and indicate what they controlled.
25. Explain the mummification process. Why was it important to the Egyptians? What was important
about preserving the body correctly?
26. Why are mummies important to historians of Egypt?