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Chapter 8 Assessment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why is King Tut one of the most well known pharaohs? | Amazing artifacts were found in Tut's tomb |
| Why did the ancient Egyptians make mummies? | to preserve dead bodies of the pharaohs |
| What was a major purpose for building the pyramids? | tombs for pharaohs when they died. |
| What is one characteristic for which Egypts Middle Kingdom is especially famous? | reunifications |
| Which period is often called the Golden Age, a time when Egypt had reached the height of its power? | the New Kingdom |
| What was one method Khufu used to ensure that his power would be accepted? | He declared that he was a god. |
| it was built from more than 2 million stone blocks. It had tunnels inside. What was it | the Great Pyramid at Giza |
| Senusret I controlled a source of natural resources that were used in beautiful works of art. What was that source? | mines for gold, copper and gems |
| Why did archaeologists reconstruct the White Chapel? | It was built by Senusret I but had been taken apart by a later ruler |
| Hatshepsut was the first pharaoh who was | a women |
| Which phrase best desribes Hatshepsut's monument at Dayr al-Bahri | A great temple built into a cliff above the river |
| Who signed the world's fiirst peace treaty? | Egypt and the Hittites |
| Compared with any other pharaoh in history, ramses II produced more | temples and monuments |