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Quiz 3

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

1. The Great Sphinx of Egypt in Giza is a half man and . . .
a. half dog
b. half lion
c. half mummy
d. half woman


2. What are bog bodies?
a. mummies that were thrown into the ocean
b. mummies that were bogged down by a lot of work
c. bodies that were preserved in peat-filled water
d. unidentified dead people that end up in morgues


3. The Parthenon was built almost 2,500 years ago in the country of . . .
a. Greece
b. Rome
c. New York
d. London


4. The Egyptian ruler Hatshepsut is famous because . . .
a. He was a good friend to Moses, who then led the Hebrews.
b. He was married to Cleopatra.
c. She was a woman pharaoh who ruled Egypt for more than 20 years.
d. Her life story was never made into a Hollywood movie.


5. In the early nineteenth century, which part of America did Lewis and Clark explore?
a. the original 13 colonies
b. the land west of the Mississippi River stretching to the Pacific Ocean
c. Texas
d. California

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