English Reading, Listening and Writing Test

Where is the Great Pyramid NOT located?

• Giza

• Southern Egypt

• Sahara Desert

• Northern Egypy

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CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The Great Pyramid was built a little more than (a)   years ago.

(example answer: 1000)

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

How many stone blocks make up the pyramid?

• More than two million

• 3,800

• 4,500

• 2,560

Most of the blocks in the pyramid weigh about ____________ tons.

• 5

• 2 or 3

• 30

• 80

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

The Great Pyramid of Giza has shrunk about (a)   feet.

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

Egyptians used polished (a)   to make the pyramid shine in the sun.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The Pharaoh ________________ ordered the pyramid to be built as his ___________.

• Hemon; tomb

• Khufu; wonder of the world

• Vizier; tomb

• Khufu; tomb

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following definitions best describes the meaning of "complex" in the

passage?

• group or set

• pyramid

• materials

• army

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which is NOT part of the complex of pyramids?

• The Sphinx

• The Pyramid of Khafre

• The Tomb of King Tut

• The Great Pyramid of Giza

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CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following is FALSE?

• Khufu was Hemon's vizier and architect.

• Hemon was Khufu's vizier and architect.

• The pyramid took tens of thousands of workers about twenty years to complete.

• The Great Pyramid is the last of the Seven Wonders of the World.

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CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.4.5