Kush

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 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

^{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

Items sent to other lands for trade...

• B) Exports
• D) Kerma
• F) Overgazing
• A) Aksum

Which of the following statements regarding women in ancient Kush is true?

• Some Kushite women served as religious and political leaders
• Kushite women had more rights and opportunities and Kushite men
• Kushite women were forbidden to leave their homes
• Many Kushite women were wealthy merchants

How did Egyptian culture influence Kush?

• Egyptians taught Kushites how to raise cattle
• Kushites adopted Christianity
• Egyptians taught Kushites how to make iron
• Kushites modeled their pyramids after Egyptian pyramids

Which of the following is a cause of the decline of Kush?

• Egypt conquered Kush hoping to steal technology for making iron
• Piankhi's armies were crushed when they attempted to invade Aksum
• Invaders from West Africa defeated the Kushites in about 350 BC
• The loss of trade severely damaged Kush's economy

______ is a region in northeast Africa known as ancient Kush

• Nubia
• Lower Egypt
• Upper Egypt
• Nile

Goods brought in from other regions

• exports
• imports
• merchants
• trade network