Ancient Egypt: The Old Kingdom

How long did the Old Kingdom last?

• 500 years

• 700 years

• 1000 years

• 50 years

Who is the most well known pharaoh to rule in the 2500s BC?

• Khafre

• Khufu

• Snerfu

• Ra

What is a pharaoh?

• A King/Queen of Ancient Egypt

• A priest of Ancient Egypt

• A commoner

• none of these

True/False: People believed pharaohs were also gods

• True

• False

What was the main reason as to why pharaohs were blamed for floods, wars and disease?

• Because they started them

• Poor leadership led to terrible things

• Since they were viewed as gods people believed the pharaoh was responsible for these things

• none of these

Government officials the pharaoh chose were usually...

• Members of the pharaohs family

• Elected by the Egyptian people

• War heroes

• priests and religious figures

Nobles usually came from...

• Battle

• Pyramid builders

• Rich or powerful families

• Mesopotamia

Check all of the following things that Egyptians traded.

• Ivory

• Slaves

• Gold

• Sand

• Incense

What did Egyptians call someones life force?

• ra

• pyramid

• ray

• ka

True/False: Egyptians believed that Someones life force stayed around at the burial site

• True

• False