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"Secrets of Lost Empires: Pyramid"

1. The pharaoh Khufu's pyramid is also known as the __________.

A) Unfinished Pyramid.
B) Mega Pyramid.
C) Great Pyramid.
D) Pyramidus Maximus.

2. About how much does Khufu's pyramid weigh?

A) 1 million tons.
B) 3 1/2 million tons.
C) 5 million tons.
D) 6 1/2 million tons.

3. In building the pyramids, the ancient Egyptians lacked all of the following except:

A) Modern surveying equipment.
B) Pulleys.
C) The wheel.
D) Copper tools.

4. The pyramids were __________ for the pharaohs.

A) Tombs.
B) Palaces.
C) Summer homes.
D) Military reconnaissance towers.

5. The pyramids were built by slaves. True or false?

6. When were farm laborers conscripted by the pharaoh to work on a pyramid?

A) Just before they reached manhood
B) During the planting season.
C) Right after the harvest.
D) During the annual flood of the Nile.

7. During the reign of the pharaoh Djoser, Imhotep discovered the use of __________ as a building material.

A) Wood.
B) Concrete.
C) Stone.
D) Gold.

8. How did the ancient Egyptians establish the direction of true north and south for their pyramids' orientation?

A) By using the sun or stars.
B) By using a compass.
C) Through prayers and sacrifices to their gods.
D) By traveling to the north pole and recording its location on a map.
 

9. What evidence is there that the Egyptians used wooden rollers on a hard surface to transport their stones?

A) Khufu's autobiography states that this was the method used.
B) Remains of clay roadbeds have been found.
C) Pits full of wooden rollers have been excavated.
D) Modern Egyptians still use this method.

10. Ancient Egyptian civilization lasted about 3,000 years. True or false?

11. According to Egyptologist Mark Lehner, where was the bulk of the stone for the Giza pyramids quarried from?

A) Stonehenge.
B) Lascaux cave.
C) King Tut's tomb.
D) The Giza plateau.

12. On the top of Khafre's pyramid, some of the original __________ still remains.

A) Gold cap.
B) Limestone casing.
C) Statue of Khafre.
D) Ramp used to move the stones.

13. Khufu's burial chamber was ultimately placed __________.

A) High in the pyramid itself.
B) Underground.
C) In a nearby mastaba.
D) In his favorite wife's pyramid.

14. Levering is one idea for the how stones were raised into place. True or false?

15. What method was likely used for moving the bulk of a pyramid's stone into place?

A) Pulleys.
B) Carts with wheels.
C) On the backs of slaves.
D) Ramps.

16. How did the Egyptians keep the pyramid's center point fixed and outer casing slope consistent?

A) By using strings attached to an enormous centering pole.
B) By building a full-scale wooden model, and then copying it in stone.
C) By building the pyramid as a series of squares, one above the other.
D) By threatening the builders with death if they didn't get it right.

17. All that now remains in Khufu's burial chamber is __________.

A) His mummy.
B) His spirit, which still haunts visitors.
C) His painted portrait on the chamber wall.
D) His empty sarcophagus.

18. The pyramids were built so well that none of them have been broken into. True or false?

19. Khufu's pyramid was raised in less than 30 years. True or false?

20. The pharaohs created their __________ to stand forever.

A) Palaces.
B) Irrigation systems.
C) Granaries.
D) Pyramids.
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