Download HW/ Social Studies Chapter Four/ Section One – Egypt Under the

HW/ Social Studies
Chapter Four/ Section One – Egypt Under the Pharaohs
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Homework and Classwork will be assigned for this section using this handout.
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A.1 VOCABULARY FOR SECTION ONE- All words should be defined and posted in
QUIZLET - Label these SS- Egypt 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?
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2. Where do the Blue Nile and White Nile meet to form the Nile?
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3. Why might it be significant that cataracts make traveling upstream difficult on the Nile?
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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?
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USE THE MAP ON PAGE 145 to answer questions 5-8.
5. Where is the Egypt’s cropland located? !
USE THE MAP ON PAGE 145 to answer questions 5-8.
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6. Where do you think most Egyptians lived and why?
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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?
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9. How did the Nile influence the Egyptian food supply?
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PAGE 146- 147 The following questions focus on this section of the reading.
9. How did the Nile influence the Egyptian food supply?
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10. How did technology aid Egypt’s food supply?
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11. How did increased food production affect people’s livelihoods?
PAGE 146- 147 The following questions focus on this section of the reading.
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12. What are artisans?
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13. In what order di the kingdoms rise?
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14. How did Middle Kingdom pharaohs control the Nile’s floods?
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15. Which kingdom lasted the longest?
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16. What is a bureaucracy?
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PAGE 148-149 The following questions focus on this section of the reading.
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17. What was unusual about Hatshepsut’s rule?
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18. Which ruler chose to expand Egypt’s power through warfare?
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19. Contrast the reigns of Hatshepsut and Ramses II.
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20. What was the outcome of Ramses’ conflicts with the Hittites?
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PAGE 148-149 The following questions focus on this section of the reading.
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21. Diagram and label what Egyptian society looked like. Then, identify the role of each class.
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PAGE 150-151 The following questions focus on this section of the reading.
22. What do polytheists believe?
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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.
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25. Explain the mummification process. Why was it important to the Egyptians? What was
important about preserving the body correctly?
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26. Why are mummies important to historians of Egypt?