Pyramids

What natural disaster was an annual event in ancient Egypt?

• earthquakes
• flooding
• tsunamis
• desert storms

Who is Menes and what did he accomplish?

• last pharaoh to conquer the Persians.
• 1st pharaoh of Egypt to be buried in a pyramid.
• Main Egyptian god who controlled the flooding of the Nile
• 1st pharaoh, united Upper and Lower Egypt

In about what year did the Egyptian empire begin?

• 3000 CE
• 5000 BCE
• 3000 BCE
• 1000 BCE

About how many pyramids did the ancient Egyptians build?

• over 100
• over 1000
• less than 10
• less than 80

What did the Egyptians use for building that made them unique among ancient people?

• mud brick
• clay
• cement
• stone

What did the pharaoh Djoser accomplish?

• He had the first stone building built
• He had the first true pyramid built
• He united Upper and Lower Egypt
• He built the first barges

What were early ancient Egyptian burial temples called?

• steps
• doom tombs
• mastabas
• mummy mounds

What might you find in Djoser's tomb?

• Many passage ways
• Mummy wrappings
• bones and pottery
• all of these

What is quarrying?

• building from mud brick
• stacking mastabas
• cutting out blocks of stone
• carving on tomb walls

What is the above ground structure of Djoser's tomb called?

• Step Pyramid
• Pyramid of Giza
• Bent Pyramid
• Meydum Pyramid