5.3 and 5.4 Egypt's Empire and The Rise of Kush

What major change did King Amenhotep IV make?

• He started a new religion that worshiped only one god, Aton.

• He signed peace treaties with the Hittites and other kingdoms.

• He sent armies to attack Nubia in the south and Syria in the north.

• He restored Egypt by regaining territories lost by earlier pharaohs.

Thutmose III expanded the Egyptian empire through the use of ______.

• war

• trade

• envoys

• treaties

Why did the Egyptian empire weaken and fall after 1300 B.C.?

• The people were too interested in their new religion.

• The pharaohs had built too many temples and run out of money.

• The Egyptians were attacked by a series of enemies.

• The crops in Egypt failed because the Nile River stopped flooding.

The rebuilding of temples during the New Kingdom helped improve the Egyptian economy.

• True

• False

Egyptian pharaohs added to the wealth of the empire by demanding ______ from conquered kingdoms.

• peace

• tribute

• incense

• temples

Which group briefly ruled Egypt during the 1600s B.C.?

• the Phoenicians

• the Nubians

• the Libyans

• the Hyksos

Queen Hatshepsut, one of the few women to rule Egypt, expanded the empire through trade instead of war.

• True

• False

The Egyptians traded wheat, paper, gold, copper, and tools to the Phoenicians in return for ______.

• incense and ivory

• wood and furniture

• beads and weapons

• stone and clay tablets

The most successful pharaoh of the New Kingdom was ______.

• Amenhotep IV

• Tutankhamen

• Akhenaton

• Ramses II

Like Egypt, Nubia had a dry climate and needed water from the Nile River.

• True

• False