Lesson 8 Quiz: 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.