Topic 3 Lesson 2: Achievements of Egyptian Civilization

A _______ is a drawing or symbol that represents a word or a sound. (P. 115)

• pyramid

• balloon

• hieroglyphic

• papyrus

Our word paper comes from the word _______. (P. 116)

Most ancient Egyptians did not know how to write. _______, or officials who knew how to write, were valued for their knowledge. (P. 116)

Scribes wrote in ink on papyrus sheets. This was much ______ than pressing letters into wet clay as the Sumerians did. (P. 116)

• easier

• harder

• funner

• more

Ancient Egyptian _______ included teachings, stories, poems, religious texts, and histories. (P. 116)

The temple complex at _______ contains the ruins of the world's largest temples, built with massive blocks of stone. (P. 117)

An architect named _______ designed a new kind of tomb for his pharaoh with six stone mounds, one on top of the other. (P. 117)

• Hatshepshut

• Perceus

• Ramses ll

• Imhotep

During the Old Kingdom, three enormous pyramids were built at Giza for king _______.

• Khufu

• Khafre

• Menkaure

• Sphinx

Scholars once thought that slaves had built the pyramids. They now think that many workers were _______. (P. 117)

They watched for a bright star called _______ which would appear above the horizon before sunrise about the same time of year as the Nile floods. (P. 118)

• Twinkle

• Sirius

• Osirus

• Tutankhamun