EGYPT’S OLD KINGDOM

CHAPTER TWOSECTION 2

MAIN IDEA

• OLD KINGDOM RULERS: EGYPT WAS RULED BY ALL-POWERFUL PHARAOHS.

• EGYPT’S RELIGON: THE EGYPTIANS BELIEVED IN MANY GODS AND GODDESSES AND IN LIFE AFTER DEATH FOR THE PHARAOHS.

• THE PYRAMIDS: THE EGYPTIANS OF THE OLD KINGDOM BUILT HUGE STONE PYRAMIDS AS TOMBS FOR THEIR PHARAOHS.

VOCABULARY

• PHARAOH• DEITY• EMBALMING• MUMMY• PYRAMID

LOCATING PLACES AND MEETING PEOPLE

• PLACES: GIZA

• PEOPLE: KING KHUFU

QUESTIONS

• ANALYZE: WHY DID THE PHARAOHS HOLD SO MUCH POWER?

• IDENTIFY: WHO WERE SOME OF THE EGYPTIANS’ MAIN GODS AND GODDESSES?

• EXPLAIN: WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF PYRAMIDS?