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Ancient Kush- Review Answers

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Ancient Kush- Review Answers

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    1. Ancient Kush- Review Answers 6th Grade Ancient Civilizations Mr. Downey

    2. 1. Describe Nubia’s location to Egypt. Nubia is south of Egypt. (area in green)

    3. 2. Due to the Nile flooding, what was Kush able to do? Farm in the summer and winter.

    4. 3. Who were the village leaders in early Kush? Successful farmers were the first village leaders.

    5. 4. What was the first capital of Kush? Where was it? It was Kerma. Located on the Nile River just south of the 3rd cataract.

    6. 5. What geographic feature helped protect Kush? Cataracts or rapids.

    7. 6. What did Egypt and Kush trade? Egypt traded: Luxury items and jewelry to Kush Kush traded: Slaves Gold Copper Stone Ebony Ivory to Egypt

    8. 7. Why did Egypt conquer Kush? Egypt feared Kush was growing too powerful and would become more powerful than Egypt. In a PREEMPTIVE action, the Egyptians attacked Kush and conquered them

    9. 8. Which pharaoh conquered Kush? Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose I

    10. 9. What were the effects on Kush from the Egyptians conquering them? They learned Egyptian language, adopted Egyptian names, Egyptian clothing, and Egyptian religion.

    11. 10. When did Kush become independent again? Why? The power of the pharaohs decline, and Egypt was not as strong as they had been. It happened around 1000 BC

    12. 11. From what city did the independent kings rule? Napata

    13. 12. What event lead to Kush conquering Egypt? A series of weak pharaohs.

    14. 13. Who ordered the Kushites to invade Egypt? Kashta ordered an invasion of Egypt. He conquered Upper Egypt, the area closest to Kush.

    15. 14. Draw a family tree of Kashta Kashta- father Two sons: Piankhi and Shabaka

    16. 15. Describe Piankhi Successful military leader Deeply religious Captured Lower Egypt Believed the gods wanted him to rule all Egypt

    17. 16. What did Shabaka do when it was his turn to rule 1. Began to call Kushite kings pharaohs 2. Tried to restore Egyptian cultural practices 3. Buried in a pyramid

    18. 17. Who forced the Kushites out of Egypt? How? The Assyrians forced the Kushites out of Egypt in the 670’s BC The Assyrians had better weapons, made of iron. The Kushites had weapons made of copper, a softer metal

    19. 18. What is the capital after the Kushites are out of Egypt? Meroe- it is also the economic center of the empire

    20. 19. What industry developed due to natural resources? Iron industry starts, because there are trees to fuel the furnaces and iron ore nearby.

    21. 20. What is a trade network? Who benefits? A trade network is a system of people in different lands who trade goods back and forth Both sides benefit in trade and get something they want.

    22. 21. Who are merchants? Merchants are the people who take the goods from one place to another and do the trading.

    23. 22. Exports v. Imports Exports are items SENT to another region/ country. Imports are the items that come to your country from another region/ country.

    24. 23. Kush’s culture Influenced by Egyptians Worshipped some Egyptian gods and some of their own Hunted wild animals- lions, elephants, panthers Developed their own written language- Meroitic- we can’t translate it

    25. 24. What is authority? Power or influence.

    26. 25. What was women’s role in Kush society? Worked in the fields Raised children, cooked, cleaned, etc Fought in wars Elite women held religious positions Some were co-rulers along with husbands

    27. 26. Who was Queen Shanakhdakheto? She ruled the empire alone as a woman Not much is known about her Historians suspect she took power when her father or husband died

    28. 27. What factors lead to the downfall of Kush? Loss of resources: overgrazed the land and made it infertile, used up the wood from forests Loss of trade: could no longer produce items to trade, new trade routes excluded Kush based on their location

    29. 28. Why did trade decline? They used up the resources to make goods to trade Aksum’s rise to power took the place in trade the Kushites’ held New trade routes went around Kush

    30. 29. What kingdom rose at the expense of Kush? Aksum

    31. 30. What leader and group took over Kush? Aksum and King Ezana conquered Kush.

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