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- 1.Who were the pharaohs?
- A.
People who lived in Peru
- B.
Rulers of ancient Egypt
- C.
Engineers
- D.
Tourists from all over the world
- 2.What do scientists believe what the purpose of the shaft in the Great Pyramid of Giza was?
- A.
To let air in and out of the pyramid
- B.
To let light in the pyramid
- C.
To let Cheops fly from the pyramid to Orion
- D.
To get into the pyramid
- 3.Why did ancient Egyptians build the pyramids?
- A.
To be temples
- B.
To be houses
- C.
To be monuments
- D.
To be tombs
- 4.Where did the Incas live?
- A.
In Egypt
- B.
In Peru
- C.
In Easter Island
- D.
In the United States
- 5.What was smallpox?
- A.
A disease
- B.
An animal
- C.
A kind of plant
- D.
A kind of building
- 6.What do some people believe Stonehenge was built for?
- A.
To measure the sun's movement
- B.
To mark the rise of the sun and moon
- C.
To work as a great stone calendar
- D.
All of the above
- 7.Where is Easter Island?
- A.
In the Atlantic Ocean
- B.
Off the coast of Chile
- C.
In the Indian Ocean
- D.
In England
- 8.Why is Easter Island famous?
- A.
Because the Rapa Nui people lived there.
- B.
Because it was named by Dutch explorers
- C.
Because its name is "Easter"
- D.
Because there are nearly 900 mysterious large statues there.
- 9.Who was Tutankhamen?
- A.
An Inca King
- B.
An English archeologist
- C.
An Egyptian ruler
- D.
An Egyptian priest
- 10.What was found in Tutankhamen's tomb?
- A.
Many valuable things, like a gold mask
- B.
Gold
- C.
A message carved in the tomb
- D.
All of the above
- 11.Which one is a fact?
- A.
When Cheops died, he was buried in the Great Pyramid of Giza.
- B.
Scientists believe that the Egyptians built this shaft so Cheops could fly from the pyramid to Orion.
- 12.Which one is an opinion?
- A.
For thousands of years, wind and sand have eroded the Sphinx.
- B.
Some archeologists believe that water also damaged the Sphinx many centuries ago.
- 13.Which one is a fact?
- A.
Perhaps people died or left because of smallpox, a deadly disease that was brought by the Spanish.
- B.
The Incas built Machu Picchu from about 1460 to 1470 C.E.
- 14.Which one is an opinion?
- A.
Ancient peoples built Stonehenge about 5,000 years ago.
- B.
Some people believe that Stonehenge was a temple to the sun.
- 15.Which on is a fact?
- A.
The island is covered with nearly 900 large statues, called “moai”.
- B.
Scientists believe they are the gods of the ancient people of Easter Island –the Rapa Nui people.
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