The pharaohs had a canal built connecting the Nile to the Red Sea, opening up trade routes to Arabia.

• True

• False

Hatshepsut was best known as an advisor to male pharaohs.

• True

• False

The Egyptians traded goods such as wheat, gold, and tools to the Phoenicians for much needed wood.

• True

• False

During the New Kingdom, pharaoh Thutmose III’s armies conquered many areas and slavery became more widespread in Egypt.

• True

• False

The New Kingdom pharaoh Amenhotep established a new religion based on the worship of Aton, the sun God, as Egypt’s only God.

• True

• False

During the Middle Kingdom, Egypt conquered new territories, the pharaohs made many improvements, and

• the arts flourished.

• Memphis became the capital.

• many pyramids were built.

• no longer depended on agriculture.

What was the main reason the Middle Kingdom ended?

• A woman pharaoh, Hatshepsut, came into power.

• Nubia conquered Egypt.

• The Hyksos, warriors from western Asia, conquered Egypt.

• Trade decreased greatly.

This ruler avoided military conquests and expanded Egypt’s economy.

• Hatshepsut

• Nefertiti

• Ramses II

• Thutmose II

Which Egyptian ruler built many new temples during the New Kingdom period?

• Amenhotep IV

• Ramses II

• Seti I

• Tutankhamen

Match the following

• Assyrians

• took over the rule of Egypt from Kush

• Piye

• the first city from which the earliest Kushite kings ruled

• Meroe

• the region in which the kingdom of Kush formed

• Napata

• founded a dynasty that ruled both Egypt and Kush

• Nubia

• a capital city that resembled an Egyptian city but included furnaces for making iron