Egypt Unit Test

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What was the main purpose of Egyptian pyramids?

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To serve as tombs for pharaohs and important figures.

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Describe the Great Sphinx.

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The Great Sphinx is a limestone statue with a lion's body and a human head, located in Giza, Egypt.

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Whose tomb did Howard Carter and his team of archaeologists discover? Options: Ramses the Great, King Tutankhamen, Cleopatra, Akhenaten

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King Tutankhamen

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What is a Pharaoh?

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A Pharaoh is an ancient Egyptian ruler.

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What was Hatshepsut famous for?

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Hatshepsut was famous for being a female pharaoh and building many monuments.

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What was kept inside a sarcophagus?

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A mummy

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Which continent is Egypt located?

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Africa

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How was Egyptian hieroglyphs different from our alphabet?

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Egyptian hieroglyphs use pictorial symbols and can represent sounds, words, or concepts, while our alphabet consists of letters representing individual sounds.

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Which river flows south to north in Egypt and was central to the development of the Egyptian civilization?

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Nile River

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How did Egyptians get water to their crops?

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By using irrigation systems and the annual flooding of the Nile River.