WorksheetsAncient Kush- Nubia
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is a delta?
A narrow form of water that connects a water form to a body of water
A body of water that is connected the the Nile
A river where millions of civilizations started
Where the Nile flooded and closed off to a larger body of water
Cateract
A current
Rapid moving water that makes it harder to travel by
Calm moving water with surrounding rocks
Paradise island
How did building the pyramids affect Egypt?
Egyptians used their limited resources to create the pyramids.
Egyptians gained advanced knowledge in math and science.
Egyptians started wars to capture slaves to build the pyramids.
Egyptians resented building the pyramids for the pharaohs.
dynasty
A government in which the same person is the political and religious leader.
A line of rulers from one family.
A government official.
A person who represents their country in a foreign place.
How did flooding affect Egypt?
Flooding left behind dark, rich mud that improved the soil.
Flooding ruined crops, causing food shortages.
Flooding created basins of water along the desert.
Flooding killed many people every year.
were where the kush located
Mozambique
Maui
Nubia
Dominican republic
What Geographic feature helped protect Kush from invasion for many years?
The major cities of the kingdom of Kush were located near which bodies of water?
the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
The Arabian and Mediterranean Seas
The Nile River and the Red Sea
The geography of ancient Kush was most similar to the geography of which other ancient civilization?
Egypt
Ghana
Mesopotamia
The "new" capital and trade center of ancient Kush
Cairo
Meroe
Kerma
Giza
River that the civilizations of Egypt and Kush both depended on
Tigris
Euphrates
Nile
Indus
Burial technique to preserve a body in a life-like manner.
Cremation
Mummification
Burial at Sea
Preservation
River floods leave behind _____ which helps crops to grow.
Barley
Silt
Minerals
Wheat
During the 1400s b.c., what did the Nubians adapt while under Egyptian rule?
spoken language
irrigation techniques
trading practices
hieroglyphics
