Pyramids

What is the oldest existing Egyptian monument?

• The Great Sphinx
• The Great Pyramid
• Abu Simbel
• Colossus of Rhodes

What important ancient Egyptian monument(s) were moved so they would not be underwater when the Aswan High Dam was built?

• the Great Sphinx
• the Temples of Ramses II and his queen Nefertari
• the Great Pyramid of Giza
• King Tut

Which two bodies of water are connected by the manmade waterway, the Suez Canal, saving ships about 6,000 miles because they do not have to circumnavigate Africa?

•  the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
• the Baltic Sea and the Red Sea
• the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
• the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean

Which of the following was built by Pharaoh Khufu as his tomb?

• The Great Pyramid of Giza
• Abu Simbel
• Rosetta Stone
• Great Sphinx

Which Egyptian pharaoh was really a woman who wore men's clothing and a beard?

• Tutankhamen
• Hatshepsut
• Thutmose III
• Ramses II

Which of the following facts is not true about Ramses II?

• He gained back territories for Egypt.
• He built more structures and statues than any other pharaoh.
• The toes of his mummy were individually wrapped in gold.
• His mummy is on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Which pharaoh tried to remove all inscriptions from the monuments that honored the former ruler?

• Tutankhamen
• Hatshepsut
• Thutmose III
• Ramses II

What was the first thing that archaeologist Howard Carter's workers discovered after excavating in the Egyptian desert for five years without success?

• a sarcophagus containing three coffins
• a solid gold death mask
• the mummy of King Tutankhamen
• a stairway leading to a sealed door

Even though there have been many theories about the cause of King Tutankhamen's death at age 18, the most recent evidence shows that he probably died from ________.

• poisoning
• a blow on the head which caused a skull fracture
• being stabbed by an enemy
• Malaria

Which archaeologist discovered a passageway into the Tomb of the Sons of Ramses II in 1995 under piles of debris and rubble?

• Kent Weeks
• Howard Carter
• Lord Carnarvon
• Jean Francois Champollion