Social Studies: Lesson 8 - The Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs

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

• Tut lived and rules 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 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 a major purpose for building the pyramids?

• temples for religious worship

• storehouses for reserves of grain

• homes for the pharaohs' servants

• tombs for pharaohs when they died

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

Why did archaeologists reconstruct the White Chapel?

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

• It gave the 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.

Answer the riddle below:

I ruled Egypt for more than 60 years.

I was a famous military leader.

I had hundreds of statues of me built - all over Egypt!

Who was I?

• Khufu

• Senusret I

• Ramses II

• Hatshepsut

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

• books of scholarship.

• temples and monuments.

• maps based on expeditions.

• inventions to use in warfare.