2024 Egypt 5-3 Quiz REview

Egypt experienced a "golden age" during the Middle Kingdom time period.

• True

• False

The Egyptians learned how to steer horse-drawn chariots from the Hittites.

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

King Tutankhamen was buried in a pyramid during the New Kingdom.

• True

• False

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

• a civil war divided Egypt

• many pyramids were built

• Memphis became the capital

• the arts flourished

What a 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.

What major change did the Pharaoh Amenhotep IV make during the New Kingdom?

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

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

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

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

This ruler avoided military conquests and expanded Egypt's economy.  This pharaoh was known as the "trade and building temples" pharaoh.

• Hatshepsut

• Nefertiti

• Ramses II

• Thutmose II

his Egyptian pharaoh started to rule at the young age of around 9 or 10 years old. This pharaoh's tomb was left untouched or discovered until only 100 years ago in 1922.

• Amenhotep IV

• Ramses II

• Seti I

• Tutankhamen