EGYPT

2. During the Old Kingdom, Egyptian rulers, later called ___, organized a strong, centralized state.
4. Rulers undertook huge building projects while Egyptians made advances in medicine, ___, dentistry, and the arts.
6. After more than a century of disunity, new pharaohs eventually reunited the land, ushering in a new era, the ___ Kingdom.
8. Farmers took advantage of the fertile soil of the ___ Valley to grow wheat and flax.
9. Who conquered the Nile region?
12. What kingdom that had developed along the Nile?
13. Who was one of the outstanding rulers of the New Kingdom?
18. Ancient Egyptians did not use money to sell and buy products, but all purchases were ___.
19. In ancient times, Egyptians eagerly awaited the annual ___. It soaked the land with life-giving water and deposited a layer of rich silt, or soil.
22. In prehistoric times, migrating people reached Egypt from?
24. Later Greek and ___ armies marched into the rich Nile Valley.
25. After Ramses II, Egyptian power slowly ___.
26. The Hyksos adopted Egyptian customs, ___, and even names.
27. Upper Egypt stretched from the Nile’s first cataract, or waterfall, of the Nile northward to within ___ hundred miles of the Mediterranean Sea.

1. To complete the pyramids, workers hauled and lifted millions of ___ blocks, some weighing as much as 15 tons each.
3. In the Instructions of the Vizier Ptah-hotep, Ptah-hotep advised ambitious young people to be humble, honest, ___ to one’s father & superiors, and fair in dealing with other officials of all ranks.
5. Egyptians believed the pharaoh was a ___.
7. What did the Egyptians build to control the Nile floods?
10. Who was the king of Egypt during the Old Kingdom that dispatched several military campaigns and sent expeditions to mine for minerals such as turquoise and copper.
11. Who is Hatshepsut’s stepson?
13. Menes and his successors used the Nile as a ___ linking north and south.
14. How many distinct regions does Ancient Egypt have?
15. The other name of The Old Kingdom during that time is “The ___ Age”.
16. What did the Egyptians believe?
17. Tombs within the pyramids were considered ___ in which the deceased would live for eternity.
18. Scholars divide the history of ancient Egypt into ___ main periods
20. At its height around 1450 B.C., the Egyptian empire reached as far north as ___ near the Euphrates River.
21. The ancient Greek historian Herodotus said that Egypt is wholly the ___ of the Nile.
22. Who was the king of Upper Egypt?
23. Who won the fame for the military victory in the later pharaoh?