~True or False- Our tools today are made of softer material than those of the egyptians.
What is False!!
100
~Who are the people that built the pyramids.
What are farmers?
100
~True or False: the pyramid is one of the two remaining old wonders of the world.
What is FALSE!! It is the only one left!!
100
~What were the pyramids made out of?
What are huge limestone blocks?
100
~Who built the pyramids? What was their status?
What is the egyptians, and they were slaves?
200
~Mineral the egyptians tools could cut through?
What is limestone?
200
~Used to make it easier to transport the blocks to higher levels
What are ramps?
200
~The height of the pyramid.
What is 481 feet!!!
200
What were ramps used for?
What is to make it easier to haul the limestone blocks up the pyramid?
200
~Did they use animals to haul the blocks?
What is no?
300
~Materials used to make egyptians' tools
What are copper and wood?
300
~Two things that held the blocks together?
What are mud and pegs?
300
~The time period that the pyramid was the tallest manmade structure ever made.
What is about 3,800 years!!
300
~Where was the material used to make the blocks found?
What is the Nile river?
300
~What did they hit a chisel with?
What is a mallet?
400
~Tool used to shape pyramid blocks.
What is a trowel?
400
~Unscramble these steps. (Note: there may be steps in between them)
-Build the blocks from the Nile's clay. (#1)
-Level out the sand where the pyramid is to be built. (#2)
-Build a triangular structure. (#3)
What is....
#2,
#1,
#3!!
400
~Name the person who ordered the pyramid built, (#1) and the person who surveyed the construction (#2).
What is
#1-The pharoah, Khufu
#2-His brother and right hand man, Hemienu
400
~What is a causeway?
What is a ramp from the Nile used to carry the limestone blocks to the pyramid?
400
What was the weight of all the limestone that was used for the Great Pyramid?
What is 6.5 million tons?
500
~Name four out of the five tools that the egyptians used.
What is chisel, mallet, trowel, drill, and/or saw?
500
~Name two specific requirements the pyramid's designation had to meet.
What is on the west side of the Nile, close to the Nile, high above the level of the river, points facing the cardinal directions, and/or near the pharoah's palace.
500
How long did it take to build the pyramid, and what year was it finished in?
What is twenty years, and 2560 BC.
500
~How do you think the egyptians made the pyramid's base perfectly level?
What is they dug a trench around the pyramid, filled it with water, and if the water overflowed, the side on which it did was too high?