EGYPT’S OLD KINGDOM CHAPTER TWO SECTION 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?