Lesson 8

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

• amazing artifacts found in Tut's tomb

• Tut was the first woman to claim power over Egypt

• Amazing trade expeditions

• Tut won all military battles for Egypt

What was the major reason for building pyramids?

• temples for religious worship

• homes for the pharaohs servants

• tombs for the pharaohs when they died

• they were for decoration

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

• Old Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Small Kingdom

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

• White Chapel

• The Temple at Abu Simbel

• The Great Pyramid at Giza

• The Ziggurat

Pharaohs acted as which of the following?

• Kings

• Generals

• Religious Leaders

• All of the Above

There were great achievements in art, literature, and architecture during which kingdom?

• Old

• Middle

• New

• First

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

• books of scholarship

• temples and monuments

• inventions used in warfare

• food for his kingdom

Who signed the world's first peace treaty?

• Egypt and Hittites

• Egypt and Persians

• Egypt and Babylonians

• Egypt and Greeks

Hatshepsut was one of the first pharaohs that was....

• a woman

• a child

• a god

• a priest

Why did ancient Egyptians make mummies?

• to decorate palaces of the pharaohs

• to preserve dead bodies of pharaohs

• to transport good up and down the Nile

• to scare away intruders