Stage 8 Week 25: Unit 10.2 Reading Comprehension

Hatshepsut was born in

• 1500 BC

• C1508

• C1608

• 1479BCE

Hatshepsut is a male pharaoh

• TRUE

• FALSE

Thutmose III is her father.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

False. Thutmose I is her father. While Thutmose III is her step-son.

Thutmose II is her husband.

• True

• False

Egypt only has male pharaohs that is why they painted her as a man.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

False. Hatshepsut requested to be painted as a male pharaoh.

Hatshepsut was a pharaoh of

• war

• construction

• animals

• trade

What animals were brought from Punt?

• tiger, camel, snakes

• monkeys, camel, lion

• giraffes, apes, panther

• panthers, monkeys, tigers

Aside from animals, what other things were traded and brought back to Hatshepsut by the soldiers who went to Punt?

• food and gold

• ivory and gold

• spices and gold

• animals and gold

Which of these are one of Hatshepsut's grand building projects?

• Obelisks

• Pyramid

• Castles

• Grand palace

Which of these are one of Hatshepsut's grand building projects?

• Tombs in the desert

• Temple in the hills

• Triangle on the river

• Towers by the lakes

Answer explanation

She built a temple in the hills behind Deir el-Bahri