California Standards

History-Social Science
6.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic,
religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of
Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush.

Analysis Skills
HR 4 Assess the credibility of primary and secondary sources.

English-Language Arts
Writing 6.2.2c Follow an organizational pattern appropriate to the
type of content.
Reading 6.2.6 Determine the adequacy and appropriateness of
the evidence for an author's conclusions.

A Riddle In this chapter you will read about the fascinating

civilization of ancient Egypt. In ancient times a sphinx, an
imaginary creature like the one whose sculpture is in Egypt,
was supposed to have demanded the answer to a riddle.
People died if they didn't answer the riddle correctly. After
you read this chapter, you will write a riddle. The answer to
your riddle will be "Egypt' c. 4500 BC
Agricultural
CHAPTER communities
EVENTS develop in Egypt.

WORLD . c. 4500 BC
EVENTS People in
Europe begin
using copper
tools.
 2500s BC
Menes unites Egyptians
Upper and Lower build the
Egypt, establishing Great Pyramid
the first dynasty. of Khufu at Giza.

c. 1200 BC c. 1027 BC
Sumerians The Olmec The Zhou dynasty
create the form the begins in China.
world's first first urban
civilization in
the Americas.

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