Chapter 8: The Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs

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

• Tut lived and ruled for more than 70 year.

• Amazing artifacts were found in Tut's tomb.

• Tut was the first woman to claim power over Egypt.

Hatshepsut was the first pharaoh who was...

• a god

• a child

• a priest

• a woman

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

• a great temple built into a cliff above the river

• a mud-brick structure found on an island

• a pyramid constructed in the open desert

Why did archaeologists reconstruct the White Chapel?

• It offered tourists shade while they waited for a guide.

• It was build by Senusret I but had been taken apart by a later ruler.

• It was an experiment to learn old construction methods.

Who signed the world's first peace treaty?

• Egypt and the Hittites

• Egypt and the Persians

• Egypt and the Babylonians

Compared with any other pharaoh in history, Ramses II produced more...

• inventions to use in warfare

• maps based on expeditions

• temples and monuments

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

What was a major purpose for building the pyramids?

• temples for religious worship

• homes for pharaohs' servants

• tombs for pharaohs when they died

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

• He declared that he was a god.

• He had MANY children

• He killed his rivals

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

• the Sphinx

• the White Chapel

• the temple at Abu Simbel

• The Great Pyramid at Giza