attacked a country or other place in order to gain control of it.

are two-wheeled carts that are pulled by horses. Long ago people used chariots in battles or in races.

Around 2500 B.C., Egypt’s old kingdom began to ………...

• strengthen

• weaken

Egypt’s old kingdom began to weaken because

• officials quarreled with one another

• a war broke out

• domestic disturbance between government officials, each one wanted to rule Egypt

• the hyksos invaded Egypt

Egyptians of the Middle Kingdom focused on …… and …………….

• tombs and pyramids

• art and writing

• temples and education

Egyptians of the Middle Kingdom build as many pyramids as in the Old Kingdom.

• true

• false

Egyptians of Middle kingdom built ............ to draw swamps and this made more land available for ..................

• pyramids - burring the pharaohs

• canals - farming

• chariots - fighting the enemies

They also built a ,,,,,,,,,,,,, connecting the Nile River with trade routes near the Red sea.

•They also built a canal connecting the ........ ........ with ......... ........... near the Red sea, which improved ............ during the Middle Kingdom.

Around 2050 B.C. The ……………. Kingdom began.

• Middle

• Old

• New