The Seeker of Knowledge The Man who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs

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The Seeker of KnowledgeThe Man who Deciphered
Egyptian Hieroglyphs

• Text and Illustrations by
• James Rumford

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Vocabulary

• The new scholars ate dinner.
• A. assistants
• B. students

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Answer

• B. students

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• The vase is ancient.
• antique
• damaged

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Answer

• A. antique

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• She is the seeker of the truth.
• Person who teaches
• Person who searches

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Answer

• B. Person who searches

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• Have you seen the temple?
• A. court built for legal cases
• B. building constructed for a god

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Answer

• B. building constructed for a god

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• We found a link!
• A. thing that connects
• B. thing that operates

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Answer

• A. thing that connects

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• Lena experienced a moment of triumph.
• peace
• success

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Answer

• B. success

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• Ronnie will uncover the facts.
• ignore
• show

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Answer

• B. show

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Comprehension Questions

• The pictures in the selection show that MOST of
  the symbols used for the hieroglyphs ___________.
• looked like letters of the alphabet we use today.
• were animals that were familiar to the Egyptians.

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• B. were animals that were familiar to the
  Egyptians.

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• Why did the author point out that scholars turned
  Jean-Francois away?
• to show that they judged Jean-Francois by his age
  rather than his ability
• to explain why Jean-Francois gave up trying to
  decipher the symbols

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• to show that they judged Jean-Francois by his age
  rather than his ability

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• Which of the following was a MAIN idea from the
  selection?
• No one was ever able to read the black stone from
  Rosetta, Egypt.
• Jean-Francois was determined to read the Egyptian
  hieroglyphs.

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• B. Jean-Francois was determined to read the
  Egyptian hieroglyphs.

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• How were Jean-Francois and Napoleon ALIKE?
• They dreamed of doing something great.
• They wanted to conquer the world.

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• They dreamed of doing something great.

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• What was one of the Egyptian symbols used to show
  the word trouble?
• A crocodile
• A leopard

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• A crocodile

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• After the Battle of Waterloo, why did some people
  call Jean-Francois a traitor?
• He ran from the scene of the battle
• He had become friends with Napoleon

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• B. He had become friends with Napoleon

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• When did Jean-Francois FIRST translate Egypts
  hieroglyphs?
• A. while attending school in Grenoble
• B. After a friend left a package for him

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• B. After a friend left a package for him

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• What was the key that Jean-Francois discovered
  that helped him understand the hieroglyphs?
• A. The Egyptian symbols stood for syllables and
  whole words
• B. Animal pictures were used in the names of
  Egyptian gods

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• A. The Egyptian symbols stood for syllables and
  whole words

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• Which detail BEST supports the main idea that
  Jean-Francois worked very hard to reach his goal?
• He studied the Rosetta Stone and other
  inscriptions
• He got sick from not eating and sleeping while he
  was working

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• B. He got sick from not eating and sleeping while
  he was working

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• Which of the following BEST states the main idea
  of this selection?
• Jean-Francois Champollion discovered how to read
  hieroglyphs.
• Jean-Francois Champollion became an important
  French general.

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• Jean-Francois Champollion discovered how to read
  hieroglyphs.

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Discuss With Your Group

• Why did the author include hieroglyphs as part of
  the sentences in the selection?

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Answer

• The hieroglyphs show that the symbols stood for
  letters, words, and phrases.

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Discuss With Your Group

• Why did the hieroglyphs of the two sandals BEST
  represent Jean-Francois?

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• The two sandals best represent Jean-Francois
  because he never gave up.

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Discuss With Your Group

• Why did Jean- Francois have to know about Egypts
  history to read its hieroglyphs?

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• He had to know the names of its rulers.

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GOOD LUCK!

• Youll be GREAT!
• Take your time and check your answers!