Ancient Egypt: The Pyramids Question Preview (ID: 34573)


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What does elaborate mean?
a) Having lots of pieces, parts, or details.
b) To be different.
c) To look at something with wonder or surprise.
d)

How were the pyramids built?
a) Nobody knows for sure.
b) By using thousands of camels.
c) By using strings and sticks.
d)

What is the author's purpose of this text?
a) To inform.
b) To persuade.
c) To entertain.
d)

Based on this text, why are the pyramids one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
a) They are amazing structures and it is unknown how they were built.
b) There were seven pyramids.
c) They are the largest things ever made by human beings.
d)

What is the main idea of the passage?
a) The pyramids and how they made be built.
b) Why some people think aliens built the pyramids.
c) Why the pyramids were located in Egypt.
d)

Which is something that you would marvel at?
a) The Taj Mahal.
b) A broken pencil.
c) Priyanshu's locker.
d)

How do many experts believe the blocks were moved?
a) With ramps and sleds.
b) With big trucks.
c) By strong people who carried them.
d)

Who is this passage about?
a) Ancient Egyptians.
b) Modern-day Egyptians.
c) Ancient Romans.
d)

What does the phrase *opinions vary* mean?
a) People think many different things.
b) People agree on the same idea.
c) People are not sure.
d)

True or false: It probably took about 1,000 people to build the pyramids.
a) False.
b) True.
c)
d)

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