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pyramid
pyramid
How did the pyramid builders tried to fool the thieves?
a. by placing hidden passages inside the pyramid
b. by placing a blocking stone at the end of a passageway
c. by making fake maps and giving them out
d. by making fake pyramids with no treasures
b. by placing a blocking stone at the end of a passageway
Egyptians built pyramids before the pharaohs died or after.
a. before
b. after
a. before
What did the Egyptians use to cover the inside walls?
a. gypsum
b. chalk plaster
c. papyrus
d. mud
a. gypsum or
b. chalk plaster
a. bitumen
b. bituman
c. bitomen
d. bitooman
What is the name of the place the mummy makers used to make mummies?
a. mummy house
b. pyramid house
c. pharaoh house
d. beautiful house
d. beautiful house
What did the Egyptians do with the pharaoh's pet when the pharaoh died?
a. they gave it to their children
b. the pharaoh's kid took them
c. they let the pet go into the wild
d. they mummified the pet
d. they mummified the pet
a. lime stone
b. lemon stone
c. granite stone
d. sand stone
a. limestone
How many colors did the Egyptians use to decorate the pyramids?
BONUS POINT 200 - NAME THE COLORS
a. 2
b. 5
c. 9
d. 13
c. 9
black, blue, brown, green, grey, red, white, yellow, and pink
Why did the make mummy?
They believed that one day the world is going to end. When it does, they would move on to their afterlife. To make that long journey they would need their earth body.
How did they remove the brain?
a. by opening up the skull
b. by poking through the eye
c. by poking through the nose
d. by poking through the mouth
c. by poking through the nose
sometimes
b. by poking through the eye
what is the average weight of a pyramid?
a. 3,400,000 tons
b. 4,500,000 tons
c. 5,400,000 tons
d. 7,000,000 tons
c. 5,400,000 tons
What did the Egyptians use to find north when building pyramids?
a. compass
b. pole star
c. map
d. nile river
b. pole star
What does 'profile' mean?
a. sideway
b. face
c. front
d. under
a. sideways
What is the name of the person who made mummies?
a. mummy maker
b. mummier
c. embalmers
d. balmers
c. embalmers
What did they do with the brain?
a. they ate it
b. they threw it away
c. they gave it to animals
d. they put it inside the pyramid
c. they gave it to animals
According to the book, which one is more awesome - The Great Wall of China or the Great Pyramid of Cheops?
a. The Great Wall of China
b. The Great Pyramid of Cheops
a. The Great Wall of China
a. they used crane
b. they made their slaves lift up the stones
c. they used ramps
d. they used elevators
c. they used ramps
Did the Egyptians have brushes like we do? What did they use to make a brush and how?
No, they used sticks and crushed the end of it to give stumpy bristles
How many layers of linen did a mummy have that found by archeologists?
a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 40
b. 20
What did they use to pack inside the empty skull?
a. mud
b. sand
c. natron
d. rock
c. natron
What is the name of the pyramid with flat tops?
a. flat tops
b. pyramids
c. mastabas
d. mestebes
c. mastabas
Where did they place the burial chamber?
a. near the entrance
b. at the top
c. at the bottom
d. directly under the pointy top
d. directly under the pointy top
What was the new color that was popular during Egyptian time?
a. rainbow
b. silver
c. gold
d. pink
d. pink
This was really popular in Victorian England. What is this?
a. making mummy show
b. unwrapping mummy show
c. digging up mummy show
d. decorating mummy show
b. unwrapping mummy show
They left the mummies' mouth open. Why?
a. so they can talk
b. so they can breathe
c. so they can eat
d. all of the above
d. all of the above