Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom

Question 1

When was the Old Kingdom period?

Answer 1

2700 B.C - 2200 B.C

Question 2

How long was the Middle Kingdom period?

Answer 2

2050-800 B.C

Question 3

What was the Old Kingdom know as?

Answer 3

The “Golden Age”

Question 4

What was the Golden Age?

Answer 4

It was powerful and wealthy

Question 5

What did Pharaohs mean?

Answer 5

“Great House”

Question 6

What was a Pharaoh considered to be?

Answer 6

A god who had absolute power

Question 7

What was the Old Kingdoms government?

Answer 7

Theocracy ( ruled by religious leaders)

Question 8

Who did the Pharaoh employ to run the government?

Answer 8

A bureaucracy (government officials)

Question 9

Who was the government headed by?

Answer 9

The Vizer (Prime minister)

Question 10

Who was the Prime minister under?

Answer 10

The King Egyptian

Question 11

What were the social classes for the Old Kingdom?

Answer 11

Pharaoh
High Priests, nobles
Priests, Engineers and Doctors
Scribes
Craftsmen
Soldiers Farmers and Tomb builders

Question 12

What was the “Pyramid Age”

Answer 12

Hundreds of Pyramids were built

Question 13

What were pyramids used for during the Old Kingdom

Answer 13

Tombs for the kings during the Old Kingdom

Question 14

What was the oldest pyramid?

Answer 14

Step Pyramid of Saqqara- built for Dioser 2600 B.C

Question 15

What are the lasts of the 7 ancient wonders of the world?

Answer 15

Giza Pyramids (3) including the Great pyramid- built for Khufu 481’ tall (50 stories)

Question 16

What was the great Sphinx and how long was it?

Answer 16

Guardian of the Pyramids and its 220’ long and 60’ high

Question 17

What was the Capital of the Old Kingdom?

Answer 17

Memphis (Lower Egypt)

Question 18

What was the Great Sphinx showing?

Answer 18

Head of the Pharaoh and the body of a lion

Question 19

What was the Middle Kingdom known as?

Answer 19

The Classical Age: art, literature and trade

Question 20

What is the largest temple on earth?

Answer 20

The Temple of Karnak 61 acres

Question 21

Who was the temple of Karnak built to honor?

Answer 21

The god RA/RE

Question 22

What was the valley of kings?

Answer 22

Vast underground burial passageways- kings tomb to keep them hidden from robbers

Question 23

What was the largest underground burial passageways?

Answer 23

Ramses the Great over 1 mile underground

Question 24

What was the smallest underground passageway?

Answer 24

King Tutankhamen- 4 small rooms and 16 steps underground

Only tomb found fully intact

Question 25

Who found the only tomb intact?

Answer 25

British. Howard Carter

Question 26

What was the Capital city of upper Egypt?

Answer 26

Thebes

Question 27

How overthrew Egypt?

Answer 27

Hykos 110 years of foreign occupation (enslaved them)