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Egypt Pyramids and Architecture

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Egyptian pyramids are ancient pyramid-shaped masonry structures located in ________.

a)

Athens

b)

Egypt

c)

Mesopotamia

2.

Most of the pyramids of Egypt were built as tombs for the ______ and their consorts during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods.

a)

pharaohs

b)

princes

c)

emperors

3.

The most famous Egyptian pyramids are those found at ___________, on the outskirts of Cairo.

a)

Userkaf

b)

Menkaure

c)

Giza

4.

The Great Pyramid of Giza also known as the Pyramid of Cheops is the oldest, largest and most intact of the pyramid complex of _________.

a)

Rome, Italy

b)

Cairo, Egypt

c)

Athens, Greece

5.

The Great Pyramid of Giza has been considered by UNESCO as one of the seven wonders of the world.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

The Great Pyramid consists of an estimated ____ million blocks which most believe to have been transported from nearby quarries.

a)

2.3

b)

1.5

c)

5

7.

Ancient Egyptian art includes paintings,_________, papyrus drawings, earthenware, jewelry, ivory, ________, and other artistic media.

a)

jade/masks

b)

sculpture/architecture

c)

handicrafts/plumes

8.

The mask of Tutankhamun is a _____mask of the 18th-dynasty ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun (reigned 1332–1323 BC).

a)

gold

b)

bronze

c)

ceramic

9.

Hathor was an important ______ in the religion of ancient Egypt, her most common form was a woman with a headdress of cow horns and a solar disk symbolizing her motherly and heavenly aspect.

a)

princess

b)

pharaoh

c)

goddess

10.

Horus was often the ancient Egyptians' national tutelary deity. He was usually depicted as a _______ man wearing the pschent, or a red and white crown, as a symbol of kingship over the entire kingdom of Egypt.

a)

falcon-headed

b)

cobra-snake

c)

cougar-headed