Paragraph 2.3 - Expanding a young empire - 2022

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Paragraph 2.3 - Expanding a young empire

In ancient Mesopotamia, what were government officials who assisted the ruler called?

1. Nobles
2. Warriors
3. Civil servants
4. Merchants

What is the process of supplying water to land for agriculture?

1. Harvesting
2. Fertilization
3. Plowing
4. Irrigation

What was the earliest known form of writing in ancient Mesopotamia?

1. Pictograms
2. Cuneiform
3. Hieroglyphics
4. Alphabet

What was the method of exchanging goods or services without using money?

1. Selling
2. Investing
3. Bartering
4. Donating

What is the term for the excess of agricultural production?

1. Trade surplus
2. Industrial surplus
3. Financial surplus
4. Agricultural surplus

At the end of the lesson you will know/be able to…

• practice with writing down a complete answer to an open question
• tell how Egyptian society was structured 
• tell how Egypt became one state  

Time for the commercials! 

• Read together 'The greatest pharaoh?' (TB 37)
• Make together exercise 2 (WB 52-3) SPECIAL ATTENTION TO C!!
• Read and make exercise 3 in pairs 

United: one state

• Read together ‘A united kingdom’ (TB 37)
  
• In pairs: make exercise 4  and 5 (WB 54)

Complicated

Read together 'The wealth of Egypt' (TB 38)

Make together exercise 7 (WB 54-5)

• Read together:  ‘The Egyptian society: layer for layer’ and 'How could you see social differences?' (TB 39)
• Can you recognize the different layers in the picture to the right?
• Individually: exercise 9, 10 and 11 (WB 56-8)
• Done and waiting?: homework is reading ‘The pharaoh: a god-king’ (TB 38) and make exercise 6 (WB 54) and exercise 12 (WB 58) 

To do

Read ‘The pharaoh: a god-king’ (TB 38) and make exercise 6 (WB 54) and exercise 12 (WB 58) 

Study key-words paragraph 2.1 up to and including 2.3