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Quiz 18

Pick one answer from the menu under each question about archaeology.

1. Modern Egyptologists divide the various kings and queens of Egypt into thirty distinct groups. These groups are called:
a. families
b. dynasties
c. teams
d. clans


2. This convention of dividing the rulers of Ancient Egypt into 'dynasties' was invented:
a. during the Middle Ages
b. by modern scholars
c. by the Ancient Egyptians themselves
d. by An Egyptian Priest during the Ptolemaic Period (His name was Manetho.)


3. In addition to Egypt, colossal pyramid-like monuments were erected in all of the following parts of the world EXCEPT:
a. Mesopotamia
b. Las Vegas, Nevada
c. Australia
d. Mexico


4. Ancient Egyptian Pyramids are always found:
a. on the west bank of the Nile River
b. on the Giza Plateau
c. inside the modern nation of Egypt
d. associated with royal tombs

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