WH - Ch 5.3 - The Middle Kingdom

One reason The Hyksos defeated the Egyptians was their use of ___________________.

• larger numbers

• bronze and iron armor and weapons

• battlefield medicine

• fortifications

The Egyptians dug a __________ connecting the Nile River and Red Sea to expand trade routes to faraway places.

• canal

• basin

• caravan

• project

During the Middle Kingdom, the capital was no longer Memphis and became the city of _______________.

• Giza

• Karnak

• Thebes

• Sumer

During the Middle Kingdom the Pharaohs were considered god-kings.

• True

• False

During the Middle Kingdom, Egyptians began to mummify _______________.

• only Pharaohs

• everyone

• only animals

• religious and government leaders

During the Middle Kingdom Egyptians were still able to produce more than enough food to feed themselves.

• True

• False

The Egyptians used _____________ to store water from swamps to use later during dry seasons.

• Obelisks

• deltas

• canals

• basins

During the Middle Kingdom, Egyptians stopped burying Pharaohs in pyramids and started to build ____________ into the sides of cliffs.

• armor

• basins

• tombs

• pyramids

Bodies were wrapped in ____________ as part of the mummification process.

• cloth

• reeds

• plaster

• duct tape

During the Middle Kingdom, the Egyptians continued to build their knowledge of medicine and _____________

• foreign languages

• Mathematics

• ship building

• cuneiform