Theme Review Lesson 2

Theme Review Lesson 2

The ancient Egyptians used a form of writing that used pictures instead of letters.

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The ancient Egyptians writing

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Multiple Choice

What was the name of the writing system ancient Egyptians used?

• Nubia

• Egyptian

• Hieroglyphs

They used pictures as "symbols" to represent words. They used pictures of objects, people, and animals.

Egyptians used pictures of..​

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They recorded medicine, history, and religion.

What information did they record?

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• Hieroglyphics- for the scribes and royals

• ​hieratic- for the priests

• Demotic- ​for regular people

The three types of writing

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People called scribes were trained to read and write starting at age 7.

Scribes

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Multiple Choice

What type of writing did regular people use?

• hieroglyphics

• demotic

• hieratic

Multiple Choice

What was mummification?

• The process of making a mummy.

• A mummy coming alive!

• A woman becoming a mother.

Mummification was the process of making a mummy. There were many different steps in the process.

​mummification​

Multiple Choice

What was the first step of mummification?

• Put the organs in canopic jars.

• Wrap the body in linen.

• Remove the organs.

• Fill the body with saw dust.

First, they removed the organs.

1. Remove

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Next, they put the organs in Canopic jars.

2. Canopic Jars

Then they totally covered the body with Natron salt.

3. Natron salt

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Then they filled the body with saw dust.

4. Sawdust

Multiple Choice

What happened next in the mummification process?

• Putting amulets on the body.

• Wrapping the body in linen bandages

• Saying a prayer.

• Putting the mummy in a sarcophagus.

Next, they wrapped the body in linen bandages,

5. Linen

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They put amulets in the bandages to help with the journey into the afterlife.

6. Amulets

​They said a prayer to protect the person in the afterlife.

7. Prayer

Finally, they put the mummy into two sarcophaguses and a coffin.

8. Sarcophagus

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Multiple Choice

What is a sphinx?

• A creature with the head of a man and body of a lion.

• A creature with the body of a man and head of a lion.

• A creature with a body of a whale and head of a lion.

Multiple Choice

Which one of these was an Egyptian god?

• Ammut

• Ra

• Dog

• Bob

Multiple Choice

Ancient Egyptian gods usually...

• had the head of a man and body of an animal

• had the head of an animal and body of a man

• were made up of more than one animal parts.

Multiple Choice

The god Horus was...

• The god of the sky with the head of a falcon.

• The god of plants with the head of a tree.

• The god of water with the head of a fish

Multiple Select

The Pyramids were

(select more than one)

• Triangular buildings

• The burial place of the pharoahs

• Square buildings

• Built by scribes

• The pyramids were triangular buildings built as the burial place for the pharaohs.

• Slaves (workers) built the pyramids out of limestone.

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Pyramids

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