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Daily Bellringer History of Ancient Egypt Section 2 Review Section 1 Match the sets of letters to the correct vocabulary term. 1. CAT __ __ __ CTS RAO 2. PHA __ __ __ H NAS 3. U __ __ __ R ARA EGYPT 4. DY __ __ __ TY LTA 5. DE __ __ __ PPE Preview Section 2 If YOU lived there … You are a farmer in ancient Egypt. To you, the pharaoh is the god Horus as well as your ruler. You depend on his strength and wisdom. For part of the year, you are busy planting crops in your fields. But at other times of the year, you work for the pharaoh. You are helping to build a great tomb so that your pharaoh will be comfortable in the afterlife. How do you feel about working for the pharaoh? Consider why to feel PLEASED: • honored to work for one you consider a god • strengthened by the labor • enriched by the friendship fellow laborers provide Consider why to feel RESENTFUL: • upset at the expense of construction • exhausted by the intensive labor • ungrateful for the inadequate payment Review Answers: 1. ARA, cataracts; 2. RAO, pharaoh; 3. PPE, Upper Egypt; 4. NAS, dynasty; 5. LTA, delta Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Name Class Date Biography History of Ancient Egypt Khufu © Historical Picture Archive/CORBIS c. 2600 BC HOW HE AFFECTED THE REGION Khufu was a great king of ancient Egypt. He is best known for his tomb, the Great Pyramid at Giza. As you read the biography below, think about how important Khufu must have been to the Egyptian people to have such a tomb built. Khufu, called Cheops by the Greeks, was the son of King Snefru and Queen Hetepheres. Little is known about Khufu’s life. The contents of his tomb, which would have told more about his history, were stolen during ancient times. Instead, only a few clues remain about his life. The one major clue that tells us how important Khufu must have been is the Great Pyramid at Giza, near Cairo, Egypt. Khufu’s father Snefru is credited for building at least three pyramids in Egypt. Khufu is credited with the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza sometime around 2600 BC. The Great Pyramid is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It is the only wonder still standing today. The pyramid of Khufu is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids at Giza. The pyramid covers about 13 acres at its base and was originally about 480 feet tall. It was made with more than 2 million solid limestone blocks, each weighing about 5,000 pounds. The stone was excavated in Eastern Egypt, and then floated down the Nile River. The Pyramid of Khufu originally had a surface casing of white, pearly limestone, but very little of this covering exists today. VOCABULARY process of preserving the body after death that includes wrapping it in cloth mummification Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. 7 Africa Name Class Date Biography Khufu, continued Egyptian pharaohs were usually placed in a tomb with clothing, food, tools, and weapons. The Egyptians believed that the dead would need these items in the afterlife. The Egyptians also believed that the body had to be preserved to make life after death possible. They developed a process called mummification, in which the organs were removed from the body, which was then treated with chemicals and wrapped in cloth. Unfortunately, all of the items in Khufu’s tomb, and even his mummy, were stolen long ago. Khufu earned a reputation as a cruel and ruthless pharaoh. He reigned from around 2589 to 2566 BC, and was the founder of the fourth dynasty in Egypt. After his death, his successor was his son Djedefre. The tombs of Khufu’s family members are located near his pyramid in Egypt. WHAT DID YOU LEARN? 1. Analyze Why is there very little known about King Khufu? 2. Compare and Contrast Compare the Great Pyramid at Giza with modern tombs, such as those found in graveyards in the United States today. How are they alike? How are they different? ACTIVITY Using construction paper and markers, construct your own pyramid. Use a ruler to create lines horizontally across the pyramid, representing the blocks of limestone. Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. 8 Africa History of Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Builder Section 2 DIRECTIONS Read each sentence. Fill in the blank with the word in the word pair that best completes the sentence. 1. Most Egyptians focused on the ________________________ because they believed it was a happy place. (pyramids/afterlife) 2. Only royalty and other members of Egypt’s ________________________ could afford to have mummies made. (elite/nobles) 3. ________________________ is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes. (Khufu/Engineering) 4. ________________________ was the most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom who is best known for monuments that were built to him. (Pyramids/Khufu) 5. Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth are called ________________________. (afterlife/mummies) 6. The upper classes of Egypt consisted of priests and key government officials called ________________________. (nobles/engineering) 7. Huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that meet in a point on top are called ________________________. (mummies/pyramids) 8. During the ________________________ the Egyptians continued to develop their political system, a system that was based on the belief that the pharaoh was both a king and a god. (Khufu/Old Kingdom) 9. Paintings from Egyptian tombs show the ________________________ as an ideal world where the people are young and healthy. (Old Kingdom/afterlife) 10. The ________________________ were built as royal tombs. (mummies/pyramids) Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Differentiated Instruction Modified Worksheets and Tests