Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt

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How long did the ancient Egyptian civilization last?

• 5000 years

• 2000 years

• 3000 years

• 1000 years

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Why were Egyptian kings called Pharaohs?

• They wanted a different word from everyone else

• Kings were also gods, so they need a different, more important name

• Pharaoh is the Egyptian word for king

• They wanted a word they could use for kings and queens together

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What do you think the word Pharaoh means?

• King

• Almighty One or Great One

• Great House or Palace

• Emperor of the Nile

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What were the jobs of a Pharaoh?

• God

• Athletic Leader

• Government Leader

• Religious Leader

• Army Leader

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Women were allowed to rule in Ancient Egypt.

• True

• False

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After Akhenesenamun's husband king Tut dies, her uncle wants her to marry him so that he can have the power of the throne from his nephew. What would you have done if you were Akhenesenamun?

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How long do you think the reign of the longest ruling Pharaoh was?

• 62 years

• 58 years

• 101 years

• 94 years

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What was the purpose of a pyramid?

• places of worship

• the tomb of a Pharaoh

• libraries

• a place to keep and preserve food

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Why are they called mummys?

• Only mothers were mummified

• The first person who was mummified was someone's mother

• An Arabic word for bitumen - the first Arab to discover mummies thought they were covered in bitumen

• An Egyptian word for person of the afterlife

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The burial chamber of the Pharaoh was filled with riches for him or her to take to the afterlife. How did pyramid builders try to keep robbers away?

• Pyramid builders appointed someone who was always on guard - the job passed down from father to son for generations

• Pyramid builders stole the treasures themselves so no one else could

• Pyramid builders made no doors to the entrance of the tomb, so no one could find where the king was

• Pyramid builders crated fake doors, staircases, and hallways to trick robbers

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Mummies were sometimes buried with model dolls.

• True

• False

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Wood was a precious material in Egypt because there weren't many trees. This is one of the reasons why the Egyptians were so good at building in stone.

• True

• False

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The Egyptians are thought to have dragged the stones on sledges to the early pyramids because they hadn't invented wheels.

• True

• False

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Some Pharaoh's were buried with a Book of the Dead called The Book of the Divine Cow.

• True

• False

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Pyramids as burial places went out of fashion for almost a thousand years between 1800 BC and 800 BC.

• True

• False

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Pyramids contained everything the Pharaoh would need in the afterlife, including a toilet.

• True

• False

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The Step Pyramid at Saqqara was the first large stone building the world had ever seen.

• True

• False

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The Great Pyramid is made of about 2,300,000 stone blocks.

• True

• False

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There are over 90 Pyramids in Egypt.

• True

• False

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Which parts of the body do you think were important to the afterlife?

• Brain

• Heart

• Stomach

• Liver

• Mouth