HISTORY & THEMES VIDEO QUIZ: The Pyramids of Giza

While alive, a pharaoh embodied this falcon god

Horus

Associated with the pyramid of ________, the Great Sphinx represents the head of an Egyptian king on the body of a ________.

Khafre . . . lion

Which Egyptian pharaohs built the three pyramids that stand at Giza?

Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure

The deceased's internal organs were removed, carefully wrapped, and stored in these vessels

canopic jars

Because of limited technology at the time, the pyramids have inaccurate dimensions and are fragile structures.

false

Based on a painting on the wall of Nebamun's tomb, we can assume that this ancient Egyptian scribe and grain accountant enjoyed the sport of ________.

hunting birds

What is NOT true of Khufu's pyramid?

it took ten years to complete

Pyramids that stand at Giza, near the modern city of Cairo

khufu's pyramid

Material that encased the pyramids and gleamed in the sunlight

limestone

A sort of palace for a dead king, where daily rituals were enacted by subjects who continued to worship him

mortuary temple

A salt used to treat a dead body before it was wrapped and preserved inside a succession of coffins

natron

when a pharaoh died he became this god, the divine father of horus

osiris

Gleaming monuments that were the symbols of the sun god Re

pyramids

The most important of Egypt's gods

re

Material used for Khufu's coffin

red granite

Servants in the form of small statues that attended the dead

shabtis

Based on their Books of the Dead, we know that the ancient Egyptians believed in ________.

the divine father, Ra. They also believed the afterlife was being seen in the sky and not the underworld.

A colossal statue with the body of a lion and the head of a human

the great sphinx

Which of the following statements is true of the pharaohs of Egypt?

they were considered gods they were leaders of powerful armies they acted as the chief priest of every god in the kingdom they took the role of head of the civil administration -Each answer shown is correct

The ancient Egyptians believed that the sun god Re:

traveled across the sky in a boat by day