Egypt Pyramids and Architecture

The Egyptian pyramids are ancient pyramid-shaped masonry structures located in ________.

• Athens

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

Most of the pyramids of Egypt were built as tombs for the ______ and their consorts during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods.

• pharaohs

• princes

• emperors

The most famous Egyptian pyramids are those found at ___________, on the outskirts of Cairo.

• Userkaf

• Menkaure

• Giza

The Great Pyramid of Giza also known as the Pyramid of Cheops is the oldest, largest and most intact of the pyramid complex of _________.

• Rome, Italy

• Cairo, Egypt

• Athens, Greece

The Great Pyramid of Giza has been considered by UNESCO as one of the seven wonders of the world.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Great Pyramid consists of an estimated ____ million blocks which most believe to have been transported from nearby quarries.

• 2.3

• 1.5

• 5

Ancient Egyptian art includes paintings,_________, papyrus drawings, earthenware, jewelry, ivory, ________, and other artistic media.

• jade/masks

• sculpture/architecture

• handicrafts/plumes

The mask of Tutankhamun is a _____mask of the 18th-dynasty ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun (reigned 1332–1323 BC).

• gold

• bronze

• ceramic

Hathor was an important ______ in the religion of ancient Egypt, her most common form was a woman with a headdress of cow horns and a solar disk symbolizing her motherly and heavenly aspect.

• princess

• pharaoh

• goddess

Horus was often the ancient Egyptians' national tutelary deity. He was usually depicted as a _______ man wearing the pschent, or a red and white crown, as a symbol of kingship over the entire kingdom of Egypt.

• falcon-headed

• cobra-snake

• cougar-headed