After the death of Pharaoh Thutmose II, the pharaoh's chief wife, Hatshepsut, served as regent to young Thutmose III. She later took over full control and appointed herself as the pharaoh. Which statement best shows her role in the New Kingdom?

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The statement best shows her role in the New Kingdom is the following:

"Hatshepsut became the first female pharaoh to rule Egypt."

After the death of Pharaoh Thutmose II, the pharaoh's chief wife, Hatshepsut, served as regent to young Thutmose III. She later took over full control and appointed herself as the pharaoh.

Hatshepsut, Tuthmosis III, Amenhotep III, and Tutankhamun ruled Egypt during the New Kingdom.

These ancient Egyptian Pharaohs ruled in what historians call the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. This dynasty started in 1549 BC and ended in 1292 BC, and is considered to be a period of great accomplishments for the Egyptians and exerted so much power in the Nile River region. Its importance was so big at the time that some historians have named this period the Thutmosid era. During this dynasty, Egypt was ruled by two women Pharaohs: Nefemeferuaten and Hatshepsut. Both Pharaohs had a great deal of success in a time where only men used to govern the lands.

the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)