Chapter 2 review quiz # 2

Who was the god of the sun?

• Anubis

• Osiris

• Isis

• Ra

Who was the Egyptian god of the underworld?

• Aton

• Isis

• Osiris

• Horus

Who was the Egyptian goddess of the loyal wife & mother?

• Isis

• Anubis

• Sobek

• Bes

The Book of the Dead was a well-known piece of Egyptian literature that

• explained the succession of pharaohs
• served as a guide to the afterlife for dead souls
• told the story of an Egyptian official who killed a pharaoh
• was a list of important citizens and officials who had dieed

Why did Egyptian priests embalm human bodies?

• They beleived people needed to perserve their shoes after death
• They believed that people needed their bodies for the afterlife
• They hoped to bring people back to life in the future
• They believed that only whole bodies could enter heaven

Why did the Ancient Egyptians mummify the dead?

• They wanted to do medical experiments on it.
• They wanted to practice their surgical techniques on it.
• They wanted to preserve the body so it could be used in the afterlife.
• They wanted to cast a spell on it for the afterlife.

Why were the pyramids built?

• To create Social Studies questions for students
• Religious monuments 
• Tombs for Pharaohs
• Seat of government

Who built the Great Pyramid?

• Menes

• Khufu

• Amenhotep

• Narmar

Which is true about building a pyramid?

• It took about 30,000 men 20 years without modern tools.

• There were no pyramids in ancient Egypt.

• It took one year because everyone helped with building.

• Skilled workers used modern tools to build pyramids.

When the Ancient Egyptians no longer built pyramids because of looting, they buried the Pharaohs where?

• Valley of the Dead
• Valley of the Sphinx
• Valley of the Kings
• Valley of the Pharaohs