SS Lesson 8 Review

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

• Tut lived and ruled for more than 70 years

• Amazing artifacts were found in Tut's tomb

• Tut was the first woman to claim power over Egypt

• Trade expeditions helped Tut learn about faraway lands

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

• to educate and protect the royal children

What was the major purpose for building the pyramids?

• temples for religious worship

• storehouses for reserves of grain

• homes for pharaoh's servants

• tombs for pharaohs when they died

What is one characteristic for which Egypt's Middle Kingdom is especially famous?

• reunification

• great pharaohs

• widespread wars

• military conquests

Which period is often called the Golden Age, a time when Egypt had reached the height of its power?

• the Old Kingdom

• the Middle Kingdom

• the New Kingdom

• after the New Kingdom

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

• he declared that he was a god

• he had many children

• he made strong treaties

• 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

Senusret I controlled a source of natural resources that were used in beautiful works of art. What was that source?

• forests of giant cedar trees

• hot, bubbling mineral springs

• mines for gold, copper, and gems

• flocks of birds with scarlet feathers

Why did archaeologists reconstruct the White Chapel?

• it offered tourists shade while they waited for a guide

• it gave scientists a place to study what they dug up

• it was an experiment to learn old construction methods

• it was built by Senusret I but had been taken apart by a later ruler

Hatshepsut was one of the first pharaohs who was

• a god

• a child

• a priest

• a woman