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What angle was used to build the Egyptian pyramids?
a) 52 degrees
b) 60 degrees
c) 90 degrees
d) 45 degrees

What type of material was used to build the Egyptian pyramids?
a) granite
b) limestone
c) marble
d) shale

Which group made up the highest percentage of pyramid workers?
a) craftsment
b) slaves
c) officials
d) farmers

Which god or goddess was needed to oversee the pyramid building ceremony?
a) Horus
b) Osiris
c) Seshet
d) Set

What is arable land?
a) high mountain
b) fertile, wet land used to farm
c) dry desert like areas
d) flat and rocky

How long is the Nile River?
a) 5000 miles
b) 3160 miles
c) 5160 miles
d) 4160 miles

What is a cataract?
a) lake
b) waterfall
c) sand dune
d) marsh

What is the term for a bucket on a lever used to lift water from canals?
a) shaduf
b) lintel
c) linen
d) hydrault

How did ancient Egyptians make linen?
a) dried out grass and wove them together
b) wove fibers from flax plants into a fabric
c) wove straw and string together into a fabric
d) used a mixture of sand, water and silt

What is the Egyptian word for gold?
a) nub
b) glub
c) lazuli
d) gub

Egyptians were probably the first to mine this precious stone.
a) gem
b) turquoise
c) emerald
d) marble

What is a curved stick that returns to the person who threw it?
a) shaduf
b) boomerang
c) lazuli
d) lapulis

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