2015
Ikhnaton was the last great ruler of
Egypt
Ramses III or Cleopatra
By wrapping dead bodies in strips of cloth,
Egyptians made mummies.
When the Nile River flooded, Egyptian
farmers could not grow crops.
Used the flood water to
irrigate, it made the land
more fertile
The Egyptians thought their rulers were
gods.
The Egyptians used algebra to
measure their land.
Not algebra….geometry
The New Kingdome is sometimes call the
“empire age.”
Thutmose III built army bases in all the
lands he controlled.
Egypt lost its power when people began to
rebel because of fights about religion
The Middle Kingdom pharaohs hurt traders
by building a canal that joined the Nile
River with business centers near the Red
Sea.
Not hurt, helped traders
The system of making and trading
things is called a cubit.
Not cubit…economy
Egyptians of the __________ Kingdom
mummified everyone after death.
Middle
Old
New
Egyptian artists carved ____________ in
the sides of tall pillars
obelisks
hieroglyphics
cubits
__________ was the first woman
pharaoh.
Hatshepsut
Ramses III
Cleopatra
The Egyptian civilization developed
in the valley of the __________ .
Nile
Indus
Yellow
To ___________ a piece of land
means to add it to one’s country.
unite
annex
organize
The capital of the Middle Kingdom
was ___________.
Memphis
Thebes
Babylon
The Old Kingdom ended when the
__________ became more powerful.
Government officials
pharaohs
priests
To travel up the Nile, Egyptians put
_____________ on their ships.
irrigation
obelisks
sails
Papyrus is a reed from the Nile
River used to make ___________.
sails
tombs
paper
Archaeologists have found __________
in ancient tombs that show the
Egyptians’ interest in medicine.
statues
scripts
scrolls
Match each item
cubit
Egyptians used these to
irrigate their fields
Thutmose III
The are of fertile land at the
mouth of a river
delta
A measurement from
middle finger to elbow
Menes
Organized an Egyptian
navy
floodwaters
According to one story,
god-king who united
Egypt
Match each item
offering
Rulers of Egypt
Hyksos
Metal covering that protects
the body in battle
armor
A gift made to a god
basin
The first foreigners to
rule Egypt
pharaohs
Bowl-like place where
Egyptians kept
swamp water
Historians call _________ “the gift of the
Nile.”
Afterlife
Civil
Egypt
Hyksos
Irrigation
obelisks
Old
Paper
sails
wealthy
To travel up the Nile, Egyptians put
_________ on their ships.
Afterlife
Civil
Egypt
Hyksos
Irrigation
obelisks
Old
Paper
sails
wealthy
Upper Egypt became united because people
needed to work together on ________
projects.
Afterlife
Civil
Egypt
Hyksos
Irrigation
obelisks
Old
Paper
sails
wealthy
Egyptians wanted their dead rulers to be
comfortable in the _________ .
Afterlife
Civil
Egypt
Hyksos
Irrigation
obelisks
Old
Paper
sails
wealthy
During the _________ Kingdom, civil war
broke out as Egyptians began to fight each
other.
Afterlife
Civil
Egypt
Hyksos
Irrigation
obelisks
Old
Paper
sails
wealthy
Rulers of the New Kingdom became
_________ , or rich, because the people
the Egyptians conquered paid tribute to
them.
Afterlife
Civil
Egypt
Hyksos
Irrigation
obelisks
Old
Paper
sails
wealthy
Thutmose the III used slaves to build
pointed stone pillars called _________ .
Afterlife
Civil
Egypt
Hyksos
Irrigation
obelisks
Old
Paper
sails
wealthy
During the Middle Kingdom, Egyptians
adopted the weapons, chariots, and armor
of the _________ .
Afterlife
Civil
Egypt
Hyksos
Irrigation
obelisks
Old
Paper
sails
wealthy
Papyrus is a reed from the Nile River used
to make _________ .
Afterlife
Civil
Egypt
Hyksos
Irrigation
obelisks
Old
Paper
sails
wealthy
A _________ war involves fighting
between people within their own country.
Afterlife
Civil
Egypt
Hyksos
Irrigation
obelisks
Old
Paper
sails
wealthy