1. Pyramids
A. What were the three types of pyramids built in ancient Egypt? Describe them.
B. Why and how were the pyramids built?
2. Nile River
A. What are the physical/geographic features of the Nile
River?
B. Why was it called the Gift of the Nile? How did the
Egyptians use the Nile?
3. King Tut
A. Tell about his family life and rule.
B. Tell about his tomb and the artifacts.
4. Howard Carter
A. Describe Howard Carter’s search for King Tut’s tomb.
B. What happened to Carter and the people who worked with him to open the tomb? (The curse)
5. Mummies people had around mummification.

B. What was the process of mummification?
6. Pharaoh: Ramses II
A. What was his family life like?
B. What were his major accomplishments as ruler?
7. Fashion
A. What products did Egyptians use to beautify themselves?
B. Why did they use make-up, jewelry and hair products?
Level B:
8. Clothing
A. What types of clothing and accessories did
Egyptian men and boys wear?
B. What types of clothing and accessories did Egyptian women and girls wear?
9. Daily Life of Ancient Egyptians
A. What were the daily lives of ancient Egyptians like at home?
(Houses, women’s roles, education, children’s activities)
B. What were the daily lives of ancient Egyptians like outside the home? (Jobs, recreation, education)

10. Rosetta Stone
A. Tell about the Rosetta Stone. ( what, where, when, who)
B. Why is it so important? Tell about the person who decoded it.
11. Ancient Egyptian Art
A. Tell about Egyptian paintings.
12. Gods (A)
A. Tell about Ra.
B. Tell about Anubis.
13. Gods (B)
A. Tell about Isis.
B. Tell about Osiris.
14. Gods (C)
A. Tell about _________.
B. Tell about _________.
15. Army
A. How was it organized?

B. What weaponry and equipment did they develop and use?
16. Pharaohs: Hatshepsut or Akhenaton
Level C:
17. Hieroglyphics
A. What are hieroglyphics?
B. Why were they important?
18. Preparing for the Afterlife
A. Describe the “opening of the mouth” ceremony.
B. Explain the “weighing of the heart” ceremony.
19. Ancient Egyptian Music
A. What role did music play in the ancient Egyptian culture?
B. What were the instruments the ancient Egyptians played?
20. Cleopatra
A. Tell about her family life and how she came to power

B. Tell about her accomplishments and major events as a ruler.
21. Nefertiti
A. Tell about her family life and how she came to power
B. Tell about her accomplishments and major events as a ruler.
22. Nubia
A. Tell about the Nubian civilization
B. What is the relationship between the Nubians and the
Egyptians?
23. Navy
A. How was it organized?
B. What weaponry and equipment did they use?
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