Egypt Under the Pharaohs Guided Reading 12/5

Egypt Under the Pharaohs Guided Reading

Answer the following questions in your notebook while you read pages 144 through 151 M.W.H.

1 – Describe the geographic features that ancient Egypt had in common with The Fertile Crescent.
2 – How many regions did ancient Egypt have?  What were they called?
3 – How did the cataracts and delta protect and isolate ancient Egypt?
4  - How was the Black Land better than the Red Land?
5 – What allowed civilization to develop in ancient Egypt?
6 – How many Kingdoms did ancient Egypt start with? Name them.
7 – Describe the ancient Egyptian government.
8 – Describe ancient Egyptian society (social classes).
9 – Describe ancient Egyptian religion and its effects on the people of ancient Egypt.
10 – How did ancient Egyptian religion make a pharaoh more powerful?
11 – How would ancient Egyptians prepare for the afterlife?
12 – Why were some ancient Egyptians mummified?