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Name: ________________________________ Date: __________________________ Period: ______ Chapter Two, Section Three - Adding Detail to Sentences and Vocabulary ___/25 Directions: Read each paragraph below and identify the most important details in each paragraph. Add those details, with context (the answers to the newspaper questions: who? what? where? when? why? and how?) to make a one sentence summary of each paragraph. Try underlining the most important details and marking out less important details. The ideas in each of your sentences should be based on the paragraphs and recognizable, but the words should be yours. Write a definition for each term. 1 delta Ancient Egypt had two distinct regions, Upper Egypt in the south and Lower Egypt in the north. Upper Egypt stretched from the Nile's first cataract, or waterfall, to within 100 miles of the Mediterranean Sea. Lower Egypt covered the delta region where the Nile empties into the Mediterranean. A delta is a triangular area of marsh-land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers. 1 _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Definition: _____________________________ _______________________________________ 2 dynasty Scholars divide the history of ancient Egypt into three main periods: the Old Kingdom (about 2575 B.C. to 2130 B.C.), the Middle Kingdom (about 1938 B.C. to 1630 B.C.), and the New Kingdom (about 1539 B.C. to 1075 B.C.). Although power passed from one dynasty, or ruling family, to another, the land generally remained united. 2 _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Definition: _____________________________ _______________________________________ 3 pharaoh During the Old Kingdom, Egyptian kings, later called pharaohs, organized a strong, centralized state. Pharaohs held absolute power and played key roles in government and religion. Egyptians believed each pharaoh was a god. However, the pharaohs were also seen as human. People expected their pharaohs to behave morally and judged the pharaohs for their deeds. 3 _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Definition: _____________________________ _______________________________________ 4 bureaucracy Pharaohs of the Old Kingdom ruled by means of a bureaucracy - a system of government that includes departments and levels of authority. The pharaoh depended on a vizier, or chief minister, to supervise the government. Under the vizier, various departments looked after tax collection, farming, and the all-important irrigation system. Thousands of scribes carried out the vizier's instructions. 4 _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Definition: _____________________________ _______________________________________ 5 5 Ramses II _______________________________________ Much later, Ramses II became pharaoh of the New Kingdom. He ruled for 66 years, from 1279 B.C. to 1213 B.C., and during that time pushed Egyptian control northward again as far as Syria. He may be the best known of the Egyptian rulers because he boasted of his conquests on numerous temples and monuments, although his greatest reported victory may not actually have taken place. _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Definition: _____________________________ _______________________________________ To find the PowerPoint presentation for this assignment, go to http://mrbuttsworldhistory.com. Assignments are organized by week under the tab “CLASSWORK BY WEEK.”