TCI 9/10: Egyptian Pharaohs and Daily Life

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

• Tut ruled and lived 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 of the pyramids?

• temples for religious worship

• storehouses for reserves of grain

• homes for the pharaoh's servants

• tombs for the 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, when Egypt was at the height of its power?

• Old Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom

• 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

Which of these was built from more than 2 million stone blocks and had tunnels inside?

• the Sphinx

• the White Chapel

• the temple at Abu Simbel

• the Great Pyramid at Giza

What resource did Senusret I control that was used in beautiful works of art?

• 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 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