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Ancient Egypt Web Quest
Use the links (CTRL –Click) to answer the questions below:
Egypt Link 1 http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/geography/home.html
1. What was the "Black Land" and why was it important? What was the key
geographical feature that was important to life in Ancient Egypt?
2. What was the "Red Land". (explain why the Red land
helped and hindered the Egyptians)
Egypt Link 2 http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/home.html
3. How did the environment assist the Egyptians?
4. What type of occupations were available?
Egypt Link 3 http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pharaoh/home.html
5. Who was the Pharaoh
6. Describe some of the power and responsibility of a
Pharaoh.
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Egypt Link 4
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/home.html
7. What are the Pyramids?
8. How many Pyramids were built?
Giza
9. Where are the three largest Pyramids located?
10. How big is the great Pyramid?
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/activity/main.html
Egypt Link 5
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/home.html
11. Why was writing important?
12. What were "Hieroglyphics" and what did they preserve?
13. Why was the Rosetta Stone important?
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Egypt Link 6
(WARNING this link is graphic)
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/mummies/home.html
14. How were "natural mummies" created?
15. Why did the Egyptians have to develop a new
mummification process?
mummy
16. Why were Egyptians mummified?
Mummification
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/mummies/home.html
click the link above and select "EMBALMING" to answer the following questions:
17. What is an "Ibu"?
18. What happens to the brain?
19. How long before the body is washed?
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20. What happens to the internal organs?
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/mummies/story/main.html
click the link above and select "WRAPPING" to answer the following questions:
21. What is wrapped first?
22. What are "amulets"?
23. What purpose do spells serve?
24. What is the "Field of Reeds"?
25. The Nile is the longest river in the world and also benefitted the Nubians/Kush, who
were greatly influenced by the Egyptians. Use this link to list three things about the
Nubians/Kush. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/article_index/a/ancient_nubia.aspx
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FINAL OBSERVATIONS
-After viewing the links provided and answering the questions:
When You are finished SAVE this in your DOCUMENTS folder and PRINT to
COMPUTER LAB PRINTER.
Why do you believe it is important to study Ancient Egypt?