Ancient Egypt Test
According to the time line, about how many years did the New Kingdom last
500 years
Egypt's loss of its empire was due largely to
Amenhotep IV's religious reforms
According to the map, the kingdom of Kush was?
Completely landlocked
What is most unusual about the pharaoh Hatshepsut?
Hatshepsut was a woman
Why did the Kingdom of Kush become such a successful trading empire?
It was rich in natural resources, such as iron, and was located where an important route through the desert crossed the Nile
The ____ is the longest river in the world, with a distance of over 4,000 miles.
Nile
Ancient Egypt including two regions, a ___ and a ___ region, that were given their names by their relation to the Nile.
Northern and Southern
Egyptian history is divided into three major periods, known as the
Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms
Egypt's leader was called___.
Pharaoh
Axum's prosperity was due to its location along which body of water shown on the map?
Red Sea
During the New Kingdom, the Egyptian Empire reached its peak. What was one way it showed its power?
The pharaohs constructed huge, magnificent temples and statues in their own honor.
Why did the Egyptians resist Akhenaten's religious reforms?
They accepted many gods, and did not like the idea of rejecting or destroying them to worship only one god.
Egyptian society, with the god-king at the top, was organized like
a pyramid
Egyptian religion focused on the___.
afterlife
From the Hyksos the Egyptians learned to make weapons and tools out of
bronze
The Nile divided into several branches, forming a ___.
delta
While the Kyksos attacked the Egyptians from horse-drawn chariots, the Egyptian soldiers were limited to
donkey carts
Religion provided the Egyptians with a sense of security, and Egyptian rulers were viewed as
earthly forms of the sun god Re
The Egyptians development a writing system using___.
hieroglyphics
The Hyksos conquered Egypt's Middle Kingdom by using?
horse-drawn chariots
Having been conquered by the Hyksos was not all bad for the Egyptians because the Hyksos taught the Egyptians
how to make bronze weapons and showed them the advantages of horse-drawn war chariots.
In Egypt's New Kingdom, the pharaoh Hatshepsut was renowned for
launching ambitious military and trading expeditions.
The achievements of Egypt's New Kingdom were evident in its
magnificent buildings and temples
What are cataracts?
rapids
Under Ramses II, the Egyptians were able to
regain control of Canaan
The Nile's flooding coated the land around it with a rich__ that made the soil ideal for farming.
silt
The Nile flooded every year in the___ and ___.
summer and winter
The development of Egyptian civilization was influenced most powerfully by
the Nile river
Although the pharaoh Ramses II tried to maintain the Egyptian Empire's strength, he failed because he was unable to hold out who?
the Sea Peoples
The Egyptians developed an accurate 365-day calendar by basing their year on
the movement of the moon and the star Sirius
A form of written language
was present in both Mesopotamia and Egypt