Chapter 8 S.S. Review

Why is King Tut one of the most well-known pharaohs?

• Tut lived and ruled for more than 70 years
• Amazing artifacts were found in Tut's tomb
• Tut was the first woman to claim power over Egypt
• Trade expeditions helped Tut learn about far away lands

Why did the ancient Egyptians make mummies?

• to decorate palaces of the pharaohs
• to preserve dead bodies of the pharaohs
• to transport goods up and down the Nile
• to educate and protect the royal children

What was the major purpose for building the pyramids?

• temples for religious worship
• storehouses for the reserves of grain
• homes for the pharaohs' servants
• tombs for pharaohs when they died

What is one characteristic for which Egypt's Middle Kingdom is especially famous?

• Reunification
• Great pharaohs
• Widespread wars
• Military conquests

Which period is often called the Golden Age, a time when Egypt had reached the height of it's power?

• the Old Kingdom
• the Middle Kingdom
• the New Kingdom
• after the New Kingdom

What was one method Khufu used to ensure that his power would be accepted?

• He killed his rivals.
• He made strong treaties.
• He had many children.
• He declared himself a god.

It was built from more than 2 million stone blocks. It had tunnels inside. What was it?

• the White Chapel
• the Great Pyramid at Giza
• the temple at Abu Simbel
• the Sphinx

Senusret I controlled a source of natural resources that were used in beautiful works of art. What was that source? 

• forests of giant cedar trees
• hot, bubbling mineral springs
• mines for gold, copper, and gems

Hatshepsut was the first pharaoh who was

• a god
• a woman
• a child
• a priest

Which phrase best describes Hatshepstut's monument at Dayr al-Bahri?

• a pyramid constructed in the open desert
• a mud-brick structure found on an island
• a shrine dug out of rock below ground level
• a great temple built into a cliff above the river