Text Analysis
Mummification
Technology
Pharaohs
New Kingdom
100
What does analyze mean?
Read closely, mark up the text, etc
100
What is mummification?
Preserving the bodies of the dead
100
What did the Ancient Egyptians create by digging land to connect two bodies of water?
canal
100
What are pharaohs?
Rulers of Ancient Egypt.
100
What are the other two names for the New Kingdom?
Golden Age and Empire Age
200
What is the first step in text analysis? What information does it give the reader?
Read the fine print. It gives the reader background information.
200
Why do the Egyptians mummify people?
So the soul can recognize the body and reunite with it.
200
What did the Egyptians do to swamps?
Moved the water out of them.
200
What is a pharaoh considered to be by most Egyptian people?
A god.
200
Why is the New Kingdom sometimes called the Empire Age?
During this time, Egypt was powerful enough to take over other land and people and build an empire.
300
Why do you mark up the text when you analyze it?
answers will vary
300
Why do the soul and body need to be able to reunite?
So the person can have a good afterlife in the Field of Reeds
300
What two bodies of water did the Egyptians link with a canal?
The Nile River and the Red Sea
300
What is the difference between pharaohs in the Old Kingdom and pharaohs in the Middle/New Kingdom?
In the Middle/New Kingdom, they are no longer considered ALL-powerful.
300
Why is the New Kingdom sometimes called the Golden Age?
During this time in Egyptian history, there was peace, prosperity, and happiness.
400
What is the last step of text analysis?
Explain the main idea.
400
What is the difference between mummification in the Old Kingdom and mummification in the Middle/New Kingdom?
Only pharaohs were mummified in the Old Kingdom. Pharaohs and common people are mummified in the Middle/New Kingdom.
400
Why do the Egyptians create the canals and remove the water from the swamps?
So they can access water more easily.
400
Who is the first successful female pharaoh?
Hatshepsut
400
Name one of the rulers during the New Kingdom.
answers will vary
500
What is the goal of analyzing written text?
To figure out what the text means.
500
What organ is not removed during mummification? Why not?
The heart is not removed because it is needed to determine whether or not a person is worthy of going to the Field of Reeds in the afterlife.
500
Why is it important for the Egyptians to be able to access water more easily?
Answers vary
500
Where were pharaohs buried in the New Kingdom?
Tombs
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The Egyptians believed in many gods, but a pharaoh named Ikhnaton did something to change this. What did he do?
He changed Egyptian religion. He forced the Egyptians to believe in only ONE god, Aton the sun god.
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