Ancient Egypt Old and Middle Kingdoms

What do you call a person from another country?

Where did Egyptians of the Middle Kingdom bury their pharaohs?

The sun god of the Old Kingdom was called

When the Old Kingdom ended, Egypt's _____ collapsed.

Each year the Nile River floods and this ___ the farmers.

The Nile River empties into the __ Sea

Outside Cairo, in ______, the three most famous pyramids still stand.

What word describes a bowl-like area for storing water?

Why were the Hyksos able to defeat the Egyptians so easily?

Why were the Hyksos able to conquer Egypt?

The ancient Egyptians believed that after death, they would live in a(n)

What did Middle Kingdom pharoahs do with swamps and canals?

The Egyptians learned from the Hykos

The Nile River flows north.

According to an old story, _____ united Egypt

Ra and ___ were two important gods

Who did people of the Middle Kingdom think would live forever?

The Nile River is about ____ miles long

Like other ancient people, the Egyptians settled in ___ valleys

What was the capital of the Middle Kingdom?

The Eyptians built tombs or ____ for their pharaohs.

The god-king _____ conquered Lower Egypt around 3100 BC.

Most Egyptians in the Old Kingdom were

During the ________, Egyptian cities became centers of business.

What did Egyptians know about most?

The _____ were built without tools, animals, or wheels.

Middle Kingdom pharoahs helped traders by

For traveling _____ on the Nile, the Egyptians put sails on their boats

From which group did Egyptians adopt weapons, chariots, and armor?

What term means to draw off water from a place?

The Old Kingdom ended because of