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1 Vrdulap Preview Vocabulary Preview Directions: Match each word on the left with its definition on the right. Write the letter of the definition on the line beside each word. You may use your textbook. _ 1. delta _ 2. silt - 3. papyrus _ 4. cataract _ 5. unify _ 6. pharaoh a. waterfall b. to unite c. form of writing based on pictures d. free Use win Chapter 3. e. title given to a king meaning "great house" I. a mixture of soil and small rocks _ 7. hieroglyphics _ 8. pyramid _ 9. mummy _ 10. economy _ 11. independent g. preserved Egyptian body h. the way people use and manage resources i. a triangular--shaped area of soil at the mouth of a river that looks like fingers j. valuable crop used to make paper k. stone building that housed the dead Directions: Choose three of the Vocabulary words from this chapter and include them in an original sentence. Write your sentence on the lines below. Notes for Home: Your child learned the vocabulary terms for Chapter 3. Home Activity: Make your own hieroglyphics. Helb your child make up a hieroglyphic to roprosent each vocabulary word. Encourage him or her to base each drawing on the meaning Of the specific word. Vocabulay proviow 17

2 Lesson Review Lesson 1 : The Lifeline of the INile Directions: Complete the following questions and statements about the Nile River. You may use your textbook. Use wrm Pages 78nol. 1. Why was the Nile so important to the ancient Egyptians? 2. The dy desert land not far from the banks of the Nile is called 3. Egyptians used papyrus stems to make 4. What made it difficult for the ancient Egyptians to tranaport goods southward down the Nile? 5. What often happened when heavy rains caused the Nile to overflow? 6. How did the Egyptians prepare for times when the Nile did not flood enough and crops could not grow? 7. What technology did the Egyptians use to move water from the Nile to their crops? 8. The Egyptians' main god, was represented by the sun. 9. Why did the Egyptians put together a calendar? Notes for Home: Your child learned how important the Nile River was to the ancient Egyptians. Home Activity: With your child, examine how the dates are arranged in a calendar. Then have your child find the montlis when the Egyptians predicted the Nile would flood. Ask what season those months correspond with in the Northern Hemisphere. 18 Lesson F3eview

3 Map and Globe Skill Use with Pages 82nd3. Directions: Look at the maps of Egypt below. Then use complete sentences to answer the questions that follow. You may use your textbook. 1. When might the large-scale map be most useful? 2. When might the small-scale map be most useful? 3.Usingthemapscale,abouthowmanymilesisitfromCairo,Egypt,toN'Djamena,Chad? Which map did you use? Why? R6res for Home: Your child learned how to read maps with different scales. HomeActivity:ProtendyouareplanningatripwithyourchildbeginninginEgypt.Pickvariousspotsin rl(l[[ie Atjt,iyiLy. riolti7ii` r`rv -A.v ri r,-----, EgyptandthenendinChadorSudan.A kyourchildtocalculate-how-manymilesyouwouldtravel....,,. _ L_....:..._:'^^ "^.,,,, A.l'A+ra\,al Map and Globeskills 19

4 Lesson 2= Life in Egypt Directions: Unscramble the words below to make each sentence true. You may use your textbook. I. According to legend, King (seenm) led his army north. Lesson Review Use wth Pages 84nl, f wearing the double croon, 2. (sheirmp) was made the capital of Egypt during the first dynasty. 3. Historians know little about life in Egypt before the third dynasty, when (teaonhm) began to keep records. 4. Hieroglyphics could not be read until the (storate) 5. The ancient Egyptians buried each (ahorpch) Stone us decoded. in a pyramid with a variety of his possessions. 6. To preserve their pharaohs' bodies for the afterlife, the Egyptians used a process called (ouniiatrmfcin) 7. King (sreoz) 8. The (targe dipayrm) hired an architect to build a step pyramid. was the tallest human-made structure in the world until the 1800s. 9. A new middle class of artisans and scribes emerged during the (dlmedi gmondki) 10. The Hyksos of western Asia brought new technology to Egypt, including the (traihoc) 11. Sobeknefro and Hatshepsut were powerful (mnowe) rulers in Egypt. Notes for Home: Your child learned about the traditions and daily lives of the ancient Egyptians. Home Activity: Have your child draw the social pyramid Of the Middle Kingdom. Discuss with him or her differences between that social pyramid and the social structure of our society today. 20 Lesson F]eview

5 son 3: Nubia and Egypt ireetions: Write I qrue) or F atlse) on the line beside each statement. On the lines wided rewlife each false statement to make it true. You may use your textbook. 1. Nubia was a kingdom to the south of Egypt. Lesson Review Use wth Pages 92L Meroitic was the Nubian written language. 3. Just like hieroglyphics, Meroitic was translated using the Rosetta stone. 4. The Nubians worshipped only one god. 5. The Nubians invaded Egypt in search of resources. 6. Egypt cut blocks of granite from Nubia's northern cliffs. 7. Egypt built trading centers and forts in Nubia. 8. Nubia expanded its borders into northern Egypt during the l800s B.c. 9. Kush became free under the rule of the Hyksos. _ 10. After the 1400s B.c., Egypt became so weak that Kush won its independence. 11. Mero6 became a great trade center in A.D Notes for Home: Your child learned about the relationship between Nubia and Egypt. Home Activity: Quiz your child about Nubia and Egypt by reading key sentences from the book with important words left out. Ask your child to supply the missing words or ideas. Lesson F]eviow 21

6 Vocabulary Review Vocabuhty Review Use win Chapter 3. Directions:UsethevocabularywordsfromChapter3tocompletethecrosswordpLREle. Across 1. mixture of soil and small rocks 3. looks like spread-out fingers 4. "great house" 7. house for the dead 8. waterfall 9. a preserved Egyptian body Down 2. free 5. "sacred carvings" 6. the way people use and manage resources 10. used to make paper 11. unite H6fa ;aif;i;p=iayijardsforchapter3. HomeActivity:Withyourchild,maketwosetsofvocabularycards.Ononeset,writoaMllvocabulary --J- ^-.L^ ^+h^. -a+ `IJri+a the definitions. Shuffle the cards and place them all face down. Then take words. On the other set, write the definitions. turns looking for matches. 22 Vocabulary Review

Lesson 1: The Lifeline of the Nile

Lesson 1 Summary Lesson 1: The Lifeline of the Nile Use with pages 78 81. Vocabulary delta a triangular-shaped area of soil at the mouth of a river silt a mixture of soil and small rocks papyrus a plant