Egypitians
Writing in Ancient Egypt
Death and
Afterlife
Vocabulary
Main Idea
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What were the men and women who knew how to read and write called?
Scribes
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What was Egyptian writing called?
hieroglyphics
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What do we call the bodies of many ancient Egyptians found in tombs today?
mummies
100
Page 7- This plant was abundant on the banks of the Nile. What does abundant mean in this sentence?
more than enough
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What is the main idea on page 6?
Only a very small number of men and women in ancient Egypt knew how to read and write.
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What was the festival called that honored Amen, Opet, Mut, and Khons?
The festival of Opet
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What were the first tablets that hieroglyphics were written on made out of?
River mud
200
Why did the priest have to preserve the body?
The spirit needed to recognize the body after the body follower the spirit into the next world.
200
Page 13- They believed that their relative would use the small boat to sail on the Nile River to the underworld, where this person would stay for eternity. What does eternity mean in this sentence?
the endless period after death
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What is the main idea of paragraph 2 on page 4?
Everyone in the kingdom of Egypt worked for the pharaoh.
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What did lower-class men and women wear?
They wore midcalf length kilts made of rougher linen.
300
How many hieroglyphic symbols/pictures did a scribe need to memorize?
More than 700
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What kind of things would the family present to the priest for their loved ones' tombs?
clothing, food, objects of protection
300
On page 7, the word artifacts is used. What kind of artifacts does it mention in this sentence?
pottery
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What is the main idea of paragraph 2 on page 15?
Sometimes the summer weather and the river didn't cooperate.
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Why did the upper-class eat meat but the lower class usually did not?
The lower-class could not afford meat.
400
Who did the scribes work under?
Pharaohs and other members of the royalty
400
Where did the Egyptians believe they must bury their dead?
on the western side of the great river
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On page 4 the word decrees is used. What did the decrees do for the citizens?
The decrees informed the citizens of new laws and new taxes.
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What is the main idea of page 22?
Clothing in ancient Egypt was relatively simple and functional.
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What were the priests and priestesses responsible for?
They were responsible for making sure that the gods and goddesses were happy.
500
How was the papyrus plant made into the paper-like substance that many scribes used when writing hieroglyphics?
It was harvested, sliced into thin strips, soaked in water for a few days, pounded until most of the water drained and then placed under a heavy boulder.
500
What had to happen for a spirit to make life miserable for living relatives? Why would the spirit do this?
If the dead were mistreated
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Based on the context clues, what does the word levees mean on page 20?
high banks built to keep a river from overflowing
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What do you think the main idea of this book is?
Many answers accepted.
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