Download Egypt: classification exercise

CLASSIFICATION EXERCISE.
E G Y P T
1) Classify the statements in:
Cultural
Economic and Social
Political
Mark each statement using a different colour. The sentences may be given as a
block on a sheet of paper, and the activity may be done as pairwork.
(If the teacher has enough time, cut out the statements and tell them to
do it in groups)
2) Classify the "cultural" sentences in those that are related to religion and those
that are not.
It is almost impossible, and it is a trick to let them know how deeply
interrelated religion and culture were.
3) Classify the "economic" sentences in those that are related to agriculture and
those that are not.
4) Organise the "political" statements in chronological order.
The signs used by Egyptians for writing are called hyerogliphics.
Upper and Lower Egypt were unified around the year 3100 bC.
The pyramids were built to bury the pharaohs.
Boats sailed up the Nile to bring different goods (gold, ivory …) from the
South.
In the Iron Age (after 1000 bC) the Egyptians were conquered by Assyrians,
Persians and Greeks.
The Nile waters flooded the fields every summer and left very good soil for
agriculture when they moved back.
Their harvests included wheat, barley and flax.
Rameses II (New Empire) was one of the most important pharaohs.
Barter was used to get different products.
The main god, the sun, had different names: Ra, Amun, etc.
The temples were decorated with many enormous columns.
Nine out of ten Egyptians were peasants.
The most famous temples are those of Karnak and Luxor.
Most of the land was owned by very few people: the pharaoh, the priests
and some noblemen.
The Egyptians used ploughs to work the land.
The Egyptians believed in life after death.
During the New Empire (1600-1100 bC) the Egyptians extended their empire
as far as Palestine and Syria.
A statue of the god was located inside the temple, in the sanctuary.
During the flood season the peasants worked building pyramids and temples
Temples reached colossal dimensions.
KeY to the exercise:
CULTURAL
ECONOMIC-SOCIAL
POLITICAL
The signs used by
Egyptians for writing
are called hyerogliphics.
Boats sailed up the Nile
to bring different goods
(gold, ivory …) from the
South.
The Nile waters flooded
the fields every summer
and left very good soil
for agriculture when
they moved back.
Upper and Lower Egypt
were unified around the
year 3100 bC.
The pyramids were built
to bury the pharaohs.
The main god, the sun,
had different names:
Ra, Amun, etc.
Their harvests included
wheat, barley and flax.
The temples were
decorated with many
enormous columns.
Barter was used to get
different products.
The most famous
temples are those of
Karnak and Luxor.
The Egyptians believed
in life after death.
Nine out of ten
Egyptians were
peasants.
Most of the land was
owned by very few
people: the pharaoh,
the priests and some
noblemen.
The Egyptians used
ploughs to work the
land.
A statue of the god was
located inside the
temple, in the
sanctuary.
Temples reached
colossal dimensions.
During the flood season
the peasants worked
building pyramids and
temples
During the New Empire
(1600-1100 bC) the
Egyptians extended
their empire
as far as Palestine and
Syria.
Rameses II (New
Empire) was one of the
most important
pharaohs.
In the Iron Age (after
1000 bC) the Egyptians
were conquered by
Assyrians, Persians and
Greeks.