What lead to the downfall of the New Kingdom

The Hittites and the Sea People invaded Egypt.

What did Hapshepsut do as the Egyptian pharaoh?

worked to advance Egypt's trade.

What is the middle kingdom?

A period of order and which lasted to about 1750 B.C

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The Middle and New Kingdoms

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Chapter 4 section 3 Holt Ancient Civilizations

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1
What age did boys leave school to join their fathers profession?
Age 18
Any time after the age of 8
Age 14
Age 13
2
What lead to the downfall of the New Kingdom
The Hittites and the Sea People invaded Egypt.
Plagues of disease caused the population to decline.
Pyramids cost too much money to build so Egypt went broke.
The nobles overthrew the pharaoh.
3
What is Ramses the Great known for?
He was the last great pharaoh.
He is known for the massive monuments he built.
He was an great military leader who defeated the Hittites.
All of the above.
4
Why were scribes honored in society?
They were part of the middle class.
Scribes wrote and copied religious texts,
All of the above.
They worked for the government and temples.
5
Which of the following was not a right that women had?
Could own property
Make contracts
Could divorce their husband
Have multiple husbands
6
Which of the following is not true about slaves in Egypt.
Slaves were considered lower than farmers
Slaves had no legal rights
Slaves could eventually earn their freedom
Slaves were often convicted criminals or prisoners of war
7
What job had the most people in it?
Farming
Scribes
All the jobs had the same amount of people.
Soldiers
8
What did Hapshepsut do as the Egyptian pharaoh?
worked to advance Egypt's trade.
Started numerous wars in southwest Asia.
Invented a way to make pyramids taller
Attacked the Hyskos.
9
What is the middle kingdom?
South West Asia
All of the above
A period of order and which lasted to about 1750 B.C
Egypt height of power and glory
10
True or False: Women had a number of legal rights.
False
True
11
True or false, the Nile River provided all of the resources the Egyptians ever needed.
False
True

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