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Period__________ Class ID_________
Explain why the Egyptians should be considered a civilization or not. Give examples of why or why
not.
Explain why the Egyptians should be considered a civilization or not. Give examples of why or why
not.
Power Point Questions:
Answer the following questions for a classwork grade. Use complete sentences.
1. Why were elephants and serpents significant in many African peoples’ mythology?
2. Why would the ancient Egyptians make a statuette of a hippopotamus?
3. What is a sphinx?
4. Why is the Horse Whip Handle an example of the fine quality achieved in the decorative arts
during the reign of Amenhotep III? (Describe what’s so nice about it!)
5. Why was there a false door and a pair of eyes on the sides of a mummy’s coffin in ancient Egypt?
6. According to the Book of the Dead, how is it decided who gets to go to paradise and who goes
into the Underworld?
7. According to the map, what is another name for Mesopotamia and what two rivers create it?
8. What do you think cuneiform was used for?
9. How is a Mesopotamian ziggurat different from an Egyptian pyramid?
10. What Social Studies term is the furniture decoration sphinx a great example of?
11. Describe what a lamassu is.
12. Why was the Levant God Statue influenced by the artistic elements of a variety of cultures, like
Egypt?
13. Why would the Hittite people worship a Sun Goddess?
14. How does the Babylonian Panel with Striding Lion show the Babylonians were polytheistic?