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Name: ___________________________ Date:____________ 6S Social Studies: Egypt’s Greatest Hits Egypt’s Greatest Hits Exit Card Directions: Before you leave a station, be sure to answer the exit questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES! Write Like An Egyptian 1. What is Egypt’s system of writing called? How is like Mesopotamia’s cuneiform? How is it different? (Think how, why, where, and by whom it’s used!) __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Rolling on the (Nile) River 1.Why is Egypt considered an ARVC? How is its geography like Mesopotamia? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. How does the Nile River prove that “geography is destiny’/where you live determines how successful you are? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Pyramids 1. A famous saying is that “you can’t take it with you,” meaning that when you die, all your possessions aren’t with you in the afterlife. Yet did ancient Egyptians feel the same way? What do pyramids tell us about the Egyptian afterlife? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What can pyramid building tell us about Egyptian social hierarchy? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Righteous Religion 1. How is Egyptian religion like Mesopotamian religion? How is it different? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. How do these gods tell us what Egyptians valued? (Give an example!) __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ (W)rapping Like a Mummy 1. What does mummification tell us about how Egyptians viewed the afterlife? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Think about our own society and compare it with Ancient Egypt. Why do you think mummification stopped being popular? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Moving On Up 1. How is Egypt’s social hierarchy like Mesopotamia’s? Like the US? How is it different? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Do you think Egypt’s social hierarchy is fair? Why/Why not? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________
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