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WorksheetsPyramids
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
Date
1.
What natural disaster was an annual event in ancient Egypt?
a)
earthquakes
b)
flooding
c)
tsunamis
d)
desert storms
2.
Who is Menes and what did he accomplish?
a)
last pharaoh to conquer the Persians.
b)
1st pharaoh of Egypt to be buried in a pyramid.
c)
Main Egyptian god who controlled the flooding of the Nile
d)
1st pharaoh, united Upper and Lower Egypt
3.
In about what year did the Egyptian empire begin?
a)
3000 CE
b)
5000 BCE
c)
3000 BCE
d)
1000 BCE
4.
About how many pyramids did the ancient Egyptians build?
a)
over 100
b)
over 1000
c)
less than 10
d)
less than 80
5.
What did the Egyptians use for building that made them unique among ancient people?
a)
mud brick
b)
clay
c)
cement
d)
stone
6.
What did the pharaoh Djoser accomplish?
a)
He had the first stone building built
b)
He had the first true pyramid built
c)
He united Upper and Lower Egypt
d)
He built the first barges
7.
What were early ancient Egyptian burial temples called?
a)
steps
b)
doom tombs
c)
mastabas
d)
mummy mounds
8.
What might you find in Djoser's tomb?
a)
Many passage ways
b)
Mummy wrappings
c)
bones and pottery
d)
all of these
9.
What is quarrying?
a)
building from mud brick
b)
stacking mastabas
c)
cutting out blocks of stone
d)
carving on tomb walls
10.
What is the above ground structure of Djoser's tomb called?
a)
Step Pyramid
b)
Pyramid of Giza
c)
Bent Pyramid
d)
Meydum Pyramid
11.
Who was Snefru and what did he accomplish?
a)
Warrior pharaoh who built 3 pyramids
b)
First pharaoh who built a mastaba
c)
Last pharaoh to build a pyramid
d)
Pharaoh whose pyramid collapsed on top of him
12.
What is the name of the first "true" pyramid?
a)
Red Pyramid
b)
Bent Pyramid
c)
Step Pyramid
d)
Meydum Pyramid
13.
How were large stones moved to build the pyramids?
a)
strong men lifted them overhead
b)
horses pulled them on wagons
c)
cranes lowered them into place
d)
men pulled them on sleds up ramps
14.
Who is Khufu?
a)
Pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid of Giza
b)
Pharaoh who built the Step Pyramid
c)
Pharaoh whose pyramid collapsed
d)
Pharaoh who build the last true pyramid
15.
The Great Pyramid...
a)
collapsed due to the use of packing stones
b)
is the biggest and most perfect pyramid ever
c)
has 8 steps called mastabas
d)
looks bent because they changed the angle
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