VOCABULARY
UNSCRAMBLE THE WORD:
U M M M Y
MUMMY
Convert the sentence into passive voice:
Two hikers discovered a mummy
A mummy was discovered. / A mummy was discovered by two hikers.
Archeological site located in a Mayan city on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.
Chichén Itzá
In 1492, this explorer sailed across the Atlantic Ocean with three ships: the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María.He was searching for a new route to Asia but instead reached lands that would later be known as the Americas.
Christopher Columbus
UNSCRAMBLE THE WORD:
S I C T S I E N T
SCIENTIST
Convert the sentence into the passive voice:
I found a skeleton in my yard.
A skeleton was found in my yard.
This ancient stone was discovered in Egypt in 1799.
It has the same text written in three languages: Greek, Demotic, and Egyptian hieroglyphs.
It helped scientists understand how to read hieroglyphs for the first time.
The Rosetta Stone
This young Egyptian pharaoh became world-famous when his tomb was found almost completely intact in 1922.
King Tut / King Tutankhamun
UNSCRAMBLE THE WORD:
A S T C H E O L O R G I
ARCHEOLOGIST
Convert the sentence into passive voice:
Susan ate all the cookies.
All the cookies were eaten / All the cookies were eaten by susan.
This place was discovered in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings in 1922 by archaeologist Howard Carter.
The tomb of King Tut
This 5,000-year-old mummy was found frozen in the Alps between Italy and Austria in 1991.
His body, clothes, and tools were perfectly preserved in the ice, helping scientists learn about life in the Stone Age.
Ötzi the Iceman
Unscramble the word to complete the question:
What was the seuac of the queen's death?
CAUSE
Order the question corectly
the Sphynx in Egypt/ was/ built / ? / When
When was the Sphynx in Egypt built?
These naturally mummified bodies were discovered in a cemetery in Mexico in the 1800s.
They were preserved by the dry climate and became famous for their spooky appearance.
Today, they are displayed in a museum
The mummies of Guanajuato
This type of scientist studies the past by digging up artifacts, bones, and ancient ruins to learn how people lived long ago.
archaeologist
UNSCRAMBLE THE WORD:
H E I E V T S
THIEVES
Convert the sentence into passive voice:
They excavated some graves and found many bodies.
Some graves were excavated and many bodies were found.
Thousands of life-sized clay soldiers were found buried near the tomb of China’s first emperor.
Each statue has a unique face and was made over 2,000 years ago to protect the emperor in the afterlife.
What are they?
Terracotta statues / Terracotta Army
Around the year 1000, this Viking from Greenland sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and reached North America, almost 500 years before Columbus.
He called the new land “Vinland,” known today as part of Canada.Who is he?
Leif Erikson