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7TH GRADE WORLD HISTORY EGYPTIAN UNIT STUDY GUIDE
VOCABULARY:
1. Artisan– skilled workers who practice a handicraft
2. Bureaucracy– a system of offices and officials that handle the business of government
3. Cataract– groups of rocky rapids
4. Dynasty– a ruling family
5. Hieroglyphic– a drawing or symbol that represents a word or sound
6. Papyrus– a paper made from the papyrus reed
7. Pharaoh– king
8. Pyramid– a structure with triangular sides
9. Delta– an area of soil deposited at the mouth of a river
10. Anatomy– the study of the structure of the body and its organs
HOMEWORK:
NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK!!!
STUDY GUIDE:
1. Be able to identify an author’s purpose, type of writing, facts, opinions, main ideas, and
determine whether or not an article is balanced or biased.
2. Be able to explain how the physical geography of Egypt shaped the development of its
civilization.
3. Be able to explain why the Nile was central to Egyptian culture, including its calendar
religion, and economic success.
4. Be able to construct a time line to display the three major time periods of ancient
Egyptian history.
5. Be able to describe the major events, people and technological advances of the Old,
Middle, and New Kingdoms of Egyptian history.