Pyramid Exercise.

Answer the questions based on the story.

1) Where is the Great Pyramid NOT located?

? Northern Egypt
? Southern Egypt
? Giza
? Sahara Desert

2) The Great Pyramid was built a little more than _________ years ago.

3) How many stone blocks make up the pyramid?

? More than two million
? 3800
? 2,560
? 4,500

4) Most of the blocks in the pyramid weigh about ____________ tons.

? 80
? 4,500
? two or three
? five

5) The Great Pyramid of Giza has shrunk about _____________ feet.

6) Egyptians used polished __________________ to make the pyramid
shine in the sun.

7) The Pharaoh ________________ ordered the pyramid to built as
his ___________.

? Khufu; tomb
? vizier; tomb
? Khufu; wonder of the world
? Hemon; tomb

8) Which of the following definitions best describes the meaning of
"complex" in the passage.

? group or set
? army
? materials
? pyramid

9) Which is NOT part of complex of pyramids?

? The Great Pyramid of Giza
? The Tomb of King Tut
? The Pyramid of Khafre
? The Sphinx

10) Which of the following is FALSE?

? The Great Pyramid is the last of the Seven wonders of the World.
? The Pyramid took tens of thousands of works about twenty years to complete
? Khufu was Hemon's vizier and architect.
? Hemon was Khufu's vizier and architect.