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Egyptian Pharaohs and Crowns

Read the information card, then complete the clues and design challenge. Use evidence from the card to explain your thinking.

Information card: A crown of two lands

Ancient Egypt was traditionally described as two lands. Upper Egypt lay in the south, along the Nile valley. Lower Egypt lay in the north, where the Nile spread into a wide delta before reaching the Mediterranean Sea. The names can seem surprising: the Nile flows from south to north, so Upper Egypt is upstream and higher along the river. The white crown, called the Hedjet, stood for Upper Egypt. The red crown, called the Deshret, stood for Lower Egypt. A pharaoh could wear both together as the double crown, called the Pschent. It showed that the ruler governed both lands as one kingdom. Pharaohs were the rulers of Ancient Egypt. They led the country and were linked with keeping order and protecting the people. Royal pictures often showed a crook and flail. The crook was like a shepherd’s staff, and the flail was a tool with hanging straps. Together, these objects were signs of the pharaoh’s authority.

1.Which crown was associated with Lower Egypt?

The white Hedjet
The red Deshret
The double crown, Pschent

2.Choose the best explanation for why Upper Egypt was in the south.

The Nile flows south to north, so the south is upstream and higher along the river.
The sun rises in the south.
Lower Egypt was higher than the Nile delta.

3.Match each item to the meaning given in the information card.

White Hedjet
Red Deshret
Double crown (Pschent)
Crook

Rule over both lands as one kingdom
Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt
Like a shepherd’s staff

4.The Nile flows from north to south, so Upper Egypt was in the north.

TrueFalse

5.Complete the sentence using the words Upper, Lower and kingdom: The double crown showed that the pharaoh ruled Egypt and Egypt as one .

6.A museum visitor says, “The double crown was just a decoration.” Write one fact from the information card that shows why it had a meaning beyond decoration.

7.A label says, “The white Hedjet represented Lower Egypt.” Rewrite the label correctly, including what the red crown represented.

8.Use two details from the information card to explain why a pharaoh was an important ruler.

9.Which statement is not supported by the information card?

The flail was shown as a sign of the pharaoh’s authority.
The double crown joined symbols associated with two lands.
The double crown was worn to show how old the pharaoh was.

10.Draw a crown design for a ruler of both lands. Include a feature for Upper Egypt and a feature for Lower Egypt. Label each feature and write what your whole design would tell people.

Draw and label your design here.