Egypt Pyramids Old Kingdom

Who would the people of Egypt blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck?

• The farmers whose villages were unclean

• The mummies whose ka was disturbed

• The pharaoh who was both ruler and god

• The dynasty that was in power

The pharaoh known for having the Great Pyramid of Giza built was

• Hatshepsut

• Khufu

• Ramses

• Menes

Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?

• The tombs served as museums.

• The tombs were the private storage rooms of the pharaoh

• Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the kingdom

• Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife

Describe the burial practices of Egyptians?

• They used a funeral pyre for the dead.
• They carried the dead to a nearby country.
• They preserved bodies as mummies.
• They were buried in the river.

The first pharaoh and rulers after him wore a double crown to symbolize

• their rule of the queens
• their rule over upper and lower Egypt
• the Nile flowed 2 ways
• both farming and herding were important

The worship of many gods.

• monotheism
• irrigation
• polytheism
• epic

Where is the most fertile soil in Egypt?

• Nile Delta
• desert
• far south
• cataracts

What were early ancient Egyptian burial temples called?

• steps
• doom tombs
• mastabas
• mummy mounds

How were large stones moved to build the pyramids?

• strong men lifted them overhead
• horses pulled them on wagons
• cranes lowered them into place
• men pulled them on sleds up ramps

The Great Pyramid...

• collapsed due to the use of packing stones
• is the biggest and most perfect pyramid ever
• has 8 steps called mastabas
• looks bent because they changed the angle