Lesson 3: Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt

True or False: The Middle Kingdom was a "golden age" for Egypt.

• True

• False

Egyptian ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   thrived during the Middle ​Kingdom. ​ (c)   produced jewels for ​ (d)   .

• arts
• architecture
• Artisans
• pharaohs

During the 1600s BCE, who challenged the power of the pharaohs?

• Hyksos

• Egyptian nobles

• Alexander the Great

• Ramses II

The ​ (a)   were powerful ​​ (b)   from western ​ (c)   who used fighting methods unknown to the ​ (d)   .

• Hyksos
• warriors
• Asia
• Egyptians

After more than 100 years, which Egyptian prince formed an army and drove the Hyksos out of Egypt?

• Ramses

• Tutankhamen

• Akhenaton

• Ahmose

During the New Kingdom, Egypt prospered through the spread of...

• goods, ideas and cultures

• bacteria, viruses and fungi

• climate control

• modernized farming

This queen came to power in 1473 BCE and had to prove that she was a good leader because she was a woman.

• Hatshepsut

• Cleopatra

• Tutankhamen

• Nefertiti

A material burned for its pleasant smell

• gold

• frankincense

• incense

• myrrh

The Egyptians traded wheat, paper, gold, copper, tin and tools with __________ in exchange for purple dye, wood, and furniture.

• Greeks

• Mesopotamians

• Romans

• Phoenicians

Groups of representatives exchanged between rulers

• envoys

• convoys

• poboys

• alloys