Unit 2-9 The Old and Middle Kingdoms

What were the natural barriers that protected Egypt from other people?

• Cataract, ocean, delta, moutnains
• cataract, delta, sea, desert
• cataract, desert, delta, ocean
• cataract, ocean, sea, delta

What do you call a line of rulers from the same family?

• a dynasty
• a tribute
• a pharaoh
• a cataract

Who united Upper and Lower Egypt to become the first pharaoh of Egypt?

• Menes
• Hatshepsut
• Ramses II
• Thutmose III

What were rulers of Ancient Egypt called?

• kings
• dictators
• presidents
• pharaohs

What huge burial monuments to the early rulers of Egypt represented the rulers' connection to the gods?

• obelisks
• temples
• pyramids
• statues

What is the Old Kingdom in Egypt also known as?

• The Age of Papyrus
• The Age of Floods
• The Age of Statues
• The Age of Pyramids

For which Old Kingdom pharaoh was the Great Pyramid built?

• Ramses
• Khufu
• Menes
• Hyksos

What is the largest pyramid? 

• The Great Pyramid 
• The Little Pyramid 
• The Grand Pyramid 
• The Big Pyramid 

Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry and other treasures.

• Tombs served as museums.
• Tombs were considered the safest place.
• Tombs were private storage of the pharaoh.
• Egyptian believed these were needed for the afterlife. 

Which was not a problem that caused the Old Kingdom to end?

• Invasions from the Hyksos 
• Egyptian nobles took power from weakened pharaohs
• Building pyramids and monuments became too expensive