Ancient Kush

What is Ivory?

• A) A cloth made from bark
• B) Material made from elephant tusks
• C) A type of light-colored wood
• D) Rock that is craved into pottery

In what region was Kush located?

• A) Upper Egypt
• B) Nubia
• C) Ethiopia
• D) Mesopotamia

What was the importance of the Nile's flooding for the people of Nubia?

• A) The Nubians could plant both summer and winter crops
• B) It regularly destroyed crops.
• C) The flooding forced them to build new homes each year.
• D) The flooding forced them to learn how to swim.

Where was the kingdom of Kush located?

• A) North of Egypt
• B) South of Egypt
• C) East of Egypt
• D) West of Egypt

What left Egypt open to attack from Kush?

• A) A Series of weak pharaohs
• B) A lack of food
• C) Flooding of the Nile Delta
• D) Invasion routes from the Red Sea

What was a result of Egypt's conquest of Kush?

• A) The Kushites refused to worship Egyptian gods.
• B) Many Kushites left their country to become nomads
• C) The Kushites fought Egypt for years
• D) Manhy Kushites used Egyptian names and wore Egyptian clothing.

What is one reason we know little about ancient Kush?

• A) The Egyptians destroyed all records of Kushite history.
• B) We cannot translate their writing system.
• C) They had no writing system
• D) The Kushites did not build permanent residents.

An example of Egyptian influence in Kushite culture can be found in...

• A) The Kushite military
• B) The Kushite writing 
• C) Religion in Kush
• D) Houses in Kush

What two important trade goods did Kush export to Egypt?

• A) Wood and Gold
• B) Iron and Wheat
• C) Ivory and Ebony
• D) Horses and Jewelry 

^{Study the map shown to answer the questions that follow}
What Geographic feature helped protect Kush from invasion for many years?

• A) Rocky Terrain
• B) Cataracts in the Nile
• C) Its location near Egypt
• D) Its great distance from the Red Sea