MIDDLE - NEW KINGDOMS OF EGYPT

Question 1

The middle kingdom was under _____

Answer 1

Amenemhet

Question 2

In the middle kingdom, the capital was moved from memphis to ____

Answer 2

Thebes

Question 3

In the middle kingdom, the agriculture was expanded due to ____

Answer 3

irrigation projects

Question 4

In the middle kingdom, Amenemhet _____ the territory of Egypt

Answer 4

Expanded

Question 5

In the middle kingdom, Amenemhet occupied ____, which was rich w/ ___

Answer 5

Nubia, gold

Question 6

In the middle kingdom, Egyptian trade expanded beyond the empire, reaching ______ through _______ connecting the ___________ and ___________

Answer 6

West Asia, canals, Nile river, Red Sea

Question 7

In the middle kingdom, the Nile delta became a _________ of ___

Answer 7

Center of Trade

Question 8

____ from ____ invaded Egypt, leading to the middle kingdoms fall in 1786 BCE, and him governing lower Egypt for ___ -__ years

Answer 8

Hyksos, West Asia, 70-100years

Question 9

Egyptians who lived in Upper Egypt, studied _____ and ______ of the conquerors

Answer 9

Weapons and Chariots

Question 10

When the Egyptians defeated Hyksos, who were they under?

Answer 10

Ahmoses I

Question 11

What marked the beginning of the new kingdom?

Answer 11

Hyksos’s death

Question 12

the new kingdom became ____ and ___ because of its ______

Answer 12

Progressive and powerful, excellent pharaohs

Question 13

Who defeated and threw Hyksos out of Egypt?

Answer 13

Ahmose I

Question 14

Who was the first pharaoh to build a tomb in the Valley of Kings?

Answer 14

Thutmose I

Question 15

Who expanded the territories of Euphrates River?

Answer 15

Thutmose I

Question 16

Who was the first female pharaoh?

Answer 16

Hatshepsut

Question 17

Who led the largest trading expedition in the history of the New Kingdom?

Answer 17

Hatshepsut

Question 18

When the Egyptian empire reached its greatest expense, who were they under?

Answer 18

Thutmose III

Question 19

Who conquered his enemies in Syria and Nubia?

Answer 19

Thutmose III

Question 20

Who encouraged Egyptian to worship one god, Aton?

Answer 20

Amenhotep IV

Question 21

Who was the pharaoh that began to rule at the age of 9?

Answer 21

Tutankhamun

Question 22

Who was the pharaoh that their ministers revived the traditional religions of the Egyptians?

Answer 22

Tutankhamun

Question 23

Also known as “Rameses the Great”

Answer 23

Rameses II

Question 24

Who led the warfare against the Hittites in the Battle of Kadesh?

Answer 24

Rameses II

Question 25

Who was the last warrior pharaoh?

Answer 25

Rameses IIi

Question 26

Who saved Egypt from “sea people”

Answer 26

Rameses III

Question 27

Where did the “sea people” come from

Answer 27

probably from Europe or Anatolia

Question 28

Who ruled Egypt after Rameses III’s reign?

Answer 28

Weak Pharaohs

Question 29

Who occupied Egypt?

Answer 29

Nubians, Assyrians, Persians, and Macedonians

Question 30

Who were the Macedonians under?

Answer 30

Alexander the Great

Question 31

Who was Alexander’s general when he died?

Answer 31

Ptolemy

Question 32

Who appointed himself as the new pharaoh of Egypt and started a new period?

Answer 32

Ptolemy

Question 33

What marked the start of the Ptolemaic period?

Answer 33

Alexander’s death and Ptolemy’s self appointment

Question 34

Who was the last ruler before Egypt fell to another empire?

Answer 34

Cleopatra VII

Question 35

What empire conquered and made Egypt fall?

Answer 35

Roman Empire