Ancient Egypt

What's going on with that Nile River?

• Irregular flooding

• Annual flooding

• No flooding

• Constant flooding

In what direction did the Nile flow?

• Up

• Down

• North

• South

What role did the deserts play in the lives of Egyptians?

• It did not help them in any way.

• It did not protect them from invaders and it flowed north.

• It protected them from invaders and allowed them to live anywhere.

• It protected them from invaders and forced them to live near the Nile.

Which things did NOT happen during the Old Kingdom?

• The Egyptians built large pyramids.

• The Egyptians invaded Nubia.

• The Egyptians invaded the Hittite Empire.

• The Egyptians used hieroglyphics to write.

_____ wrote hieroglyphics to keep track of things like ceremonies & taxes.

• shepherds

• pharaohs

• scribes

• farmers

Upper and Lower Egypt were ____ during the Old Kingdom.

• unified

• fighting

A vizier was...

• the chief priest in the temples

• an expert farmer

• another name for 'pharaoh'

• the chief minister who supervised day-to-day government

A 'nomarch' can be thought of as a modern day...

• potterer

• farmer

• governor

• president

A few reasons that the Old Kingdom fell into decline include...

• high cost of the pyramids

• fighting between the farmers

• power struggles between Nomarchs

• food shortages

Even though there was a lot of turbulence during the Middle Kingdom, Egyptian pharaohs were able to...

• invent irrigation systems

• restore prosperity

• build the great pyramids

• conquer the Hittites