Ancient Egypt sec 3 Middle and New Kingdoms

Why did the Old Kingdom end?

• It was time for something new

• The Pharaohs had lost power because they had very little wealth

• Egypt had developed new technology and tools and it caused big changes in Egypt

• Neighboring people had overtaken the Pharaohs

How long did the Middle Kingdom last?

• about 3000 years

• about 30 years

• about 300 years

• about 3 years

The Middle Kingdom was filled with what?

• Lots of power shifts and different rulers from within and outside of Egypt

• Famines and droughts

• building of many new tombs and monuments

• changes in religion back and forth

What group of invaders took over Egypt, ruled like pharaohs, and were in power for about 200 years?

• The Romans

• The Hytopsians

• The Sea People

• The Hiksos

Ahmose was a powerful man who defeated the occupiers of Egypt and became a powerful new pharaoh. What was one of the first things he did?

• declared himself God and forced everyone to worship him

• expanded Egypt's range of power and cut off routes of future invasions

• married Queen Hatshepsut, which brought longer peace to Egypt

• started to built Egypt's greatest pyramid

Egypt's expanded kingdom brought what with all the new trade routes?

• great military power

• lots of foreign people that now lived in Egypt

• great wealth

• a new religion

What was unique about Queen Hatshepsut?

• she was Egypt's only female god

• she was Egypt's only female pharaoh

• she was the only leader to not have to fight a war

• she was the only leader to have 3 different husbands (not at the same time)

During the New Kingdom, emphasis (money/time/manpower) was placed on what?

• building many forts for protection along Egypt's borders

• creating the first navy that any country ever had

• expanding the capacity of farming along the Nile River

• the arts and architecture

Ramses II is considered as what?

• The pharaoh that ruled Egypt for the shortest amount of time (5 years)

• Egypt's greatest ruler

• The pharaoh that was the first to travel to the underworld

• Egypt's worst ruler

Which group of people were most honored in Egyptian daily life?

• artists

• priests

• farmers

• scribes