Chapter 4 Section 3- The Middle and New Kingdoms

Describe how the Old Kingdom ended.

• Nobles gained enough power to challenge the pharaoh and gain his power.

• Nobles gained enough power to work with the pharaoh and gain his power.

• The pharaoh gained enough power to challenge the nobles and gain their power.

• Nobles gained enough power to challenge the nobles and gain their power.

True or False: The Middle Kingdom was a period of order and stability that lasted until about 1750 BC.

• True

• False

True of False: Queen Hatshepsut refused to use trade routes as a source of wealth.

• True

• False

True or False: Ramses the Great came to power and reigned for a short period of time.

• True

• False

True or False: Unlike most women in the ancient world, Egyptian women had certain legal rights.

• True

• False

The Nile helped civilizations develop in Egypt in all of the following ways except by

• providing a source of food and water

• allowing farming to develop

• enriching the soil along its banks

• protecting against invasion from the west

The most fertile soil in Egypt was located in the

• Nile Delta

• desert

• cataracts

• far south

You learned that Sargon, was the first ruler who united Mesopotamia under one ruler. Which Egyptian ruler's accomplishments were most similar to Sargon's?

• King Enza's

• Khufu's

• Menes'

• Hatshepsut's

What pharaoh was responsible for the beginning of the Middle Kingdom?

• Menes

• Thutmose II

• Thutmose III

• Mentuhotep II

Define New Kingdom.

• a period in Egyptian history that lasted from about 2700 BC to 2200 BC

• a period of order and stability that lasted until about 1750 BC

• the period during which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory

• a period in Egyptian history that lasted from 1750 BC to 1000 BC