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