
Fill In Sentences:
Pyramids
INSTRUCTIONS:
Fill in each blank box with the word from the above list that best completes the sentence.
insure
precaution
deter
security
barrier
excavate
Sphinx
vital
impressive
ritual
desolate
ingenious
eternity
ransack
resourceful
1. A camper, Caleb could make a fire without matches and a shelter from tree branches.
2. After the bomb threat, people were concerned about the of the building.
3. Finding food was to surviving on the deserted island.
4. The pharaohs hoped their great pyramids would never crumble with age but last for an .
5. His teacher found it that Paul read a 300-page book every week.
6. Hannah took every when she cooked, keeping hot pans and sharp knives safely out of the way.
7. Archaeologists are careful not to disturb a habitat when they a certain area for bones.
8. John built a wall as a between his yard and his neighbor's yard.
9. The is a national symbol of Egypt.
10. The burglar intended not only to rob the house of its valuables but to it as well.
11. They lit the candle and sang a song during the sacred ceremony.
12. Mr. Wilson hoped that the fence around his yard would the neighborhood children from walking on his lawn.
13. Because of his ideas, Benjamin Franklin is regarded as one of the greatest inventors in American history.
14. When all the gold had been mined from prosperous towns, everyone left and they became ghost towns.
15. Lauren wanted to getting a good grade on the test, so she studied for several hours the night before.
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Definition Matching:
Pyramids
INSTRUCTIONS:
For each vocabulary word in the left column, locate its definition in the right column.
Type the number of the correct definition in the blank before the word.
ransack
1. capable of devising ways and means
barrier
2. the state of being guarded against crime or attack
resourceful
3. very important or essential
security
4. time without end
impressive
5. having the power to excite attention, awe, or admiration
deter
6. something you do in order to prevent something dangerous or unpleasant from happening
ingenious
7. to dig in the earth, either to put up a building or to uncover something
precaution
8. something that prevents people, traffic, or other things from going past it
vital
9. a creature in Egyptian mythology with the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram, or hawk
eternity
10. to search a place wildly, usually looking for things to steal
ritual
11. according to religious law or social custom
insure
12. to prevent or discourage something
sphinx
13. inventive, clever, and original
excavate
14. deserted or uninhabited
desolate
15. to make certain
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Crossword:
Pyramids
It’s been 5,000 years since the Pyramids of Egypt were built, and human civilization has yet to top them in terms of sheer grandeur and size. These 80 massive structures, all built by hand – with some requiring 100,000 workers to labor over 20 seasons to build – dwarf the monuments of modern times in terms of every statistic you care to compare.
Pyramids, for kids, explores the history, construction, and excavation of these royal tombs, starting with a fascinating look at the evolution of their design, from rock piles and flat-topped brick tombs to the perfectly proportioned pyramids we know and love today.
In this issue, kids will learn why the pyramids were built close to the Nile and how the construction process unfolded, using rafts, ramps, crude tools, and above all else, sheer manpower. They’ll also read about the incredible effort and time it took to erect them; for example, to complete the Great Pyramid at Giza, which required 2.5 million stones, experts estimate that one 2.5-ton stone block – roughly the weight of two cars – had to be quarried and polished every two minutes for 23 years. The many traps, mazes, and secret chambers built into the pyramids to ward off grave robbers are also examined, along with the golden sarcophagi and gem-encrusted treasures found in the funeral chambers of many pyramids. For kids who like mummies, a section on the Egyptians’ highly skilled embalming process is sure to be a gripping read too.
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The Pyramids of Egypt
Egypt’s pyramids are the oldest stone buildings in the world. They were built nearly ...
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How Pyramids Got Their Start
Egyptian burial places were not always grand like the pyramids are. The first Egyptians we ...
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Resources for the Pyramids
Ancient Egypt had a unique set of geographic conditions for building pyramids. The country ...
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Building a Pyramid
Building a pyramid was difficult and dangerous, and it took a highly organized society to ...
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Traps, Mazes, and Secret Chambers
The main purpose of the pyramids was to safeguard the pharaohs’ bodies. Granite door ...
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All About Mummies
The Egyptians believed that life after death was very similar to life on Earth, so the dea ...
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Life in Ancient Egypt
Egyptians believed they would follow this life with another one that lasted forever, but t ...
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