The Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs

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 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

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 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.