The Pyramids

This pyramid was built at Giza over 4,300 years ago. what Pharaoh build it?

• Cleopatra

• Ramses

• Khufu

• Shu

which is NOT a reason the pyramids were built?

• as time keeping devices

• to show the world how great the Pharaoh was

• as a palace for the pharaoh in the afterlife

How many years did it take to build the pyramids?

• 1 -2

• 5-10

• 15-20

• 20-30

The pyramids were put in the desert by aliens

• True

• False

Choose the technology used by the Egyptians to build the pyramids (there is more than one answer)

• screwdrivers

• ramps

• levers

• fulcrums

• sleds

the Egyptians cut huge blocks of stone using...

• steel knives

• sharp stone

• copper saws and chisels

• plastic tools

Exactly how the Egyptians made the pyramids still remains a mystery

• True

• False

What was inside the pyramid...

• lots of enslaved people

• things that the Pharaoh might need in the after-life (treasures, food, furniture...)

• snakes and snake pits

• the secret to how the pyramid was built

Grave robbers constantly robbed pyramids, what did the Egyptians do to try to stop the grave robbers (there will be more than one answer)

• they put a curse over the entrance to the pyramid

• they posted guards at the entrance to all pyramids

• they built fake passageways in the pyramid to confuse the robbers

• they burned down the pyramids before the grave robbers could get in

• They blocked doors with granite plugs and made false doorways to make it harder for the robbers

Since the pyramids were robbed so frequently, the Egyptians eventually started burying their Pharaohs in underground tombs in a secret place called....

• The Place That Should Not Be Mentioned

• The Great Pyramid Spot of Giza

• The Desert of the After-Life

• The Valley of The Kings