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Ancient Kush- Nubia

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a delta?

a)

A narrow form of water that connects a water form to a body of water

b)

A body of water that is connected the the Nile

c)

A river where millions of civilizations started

d)

Where the Nile flooded and closed off to a larger body of water

2.

Cateract

a)

A current

b)

Rapid moving water that makes it harder to travel by

c)

Calm moving water with surrounding rocks

d)

Paradise island

3.

How did building the pyramids affect Egypt?

a)

Egyptians used their limited resources to create the pyramids.

b)

Egyptians gained advanced knowledge in math and science.

c)

Egyptians started wars to capture slaves to build the pyramids.

d)

Egyptians resented building the pyramids for the pharaohs.

4.

dynasty

a)

A government in which the same person is the political and religious leader.

b)

A line of rulers from one family.

c)

A government official.

d)

A person who represents their country in a foreign place.

5.

How did flooding affect Egypt?

a)

Flooding left behind dark, rich mud that improved the soil.

b)

Flooding ruined crops, causing food shortages.

c)

Flooding created basins of water along the desert.

d)

Flooding killed many people every year.

6.

were where the kush located

a)

Mozambique

b)

Maui

c)

Nubia

d)

Dominican republic

7.
Study the map shown to answer the questions that follow
What Geographic feature helped protect Kush from invasion for many years?
a)
A) Rocky Terrain
b)
B) Cataracts in the Nile
c)
C) Its location near Egypt
d)
D) Its great distance from the Red Sea
8.

The major cities of the kingdom of Kush were located near which bodies of water?

a)

the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

b)

The Arabian and Mediterranean Seas

c)

The Nile River and the Red Sea

9.

The geography of ancient Kush was most similar to the geography of which other ancient civilization?

a)

Egypt

b)

Ghana

c)

Mesopotamia

10.

The "new" capital and trade center of ancient Kush

a)

Cairo

b)

Meroe

c)

Kerma

d)

Giza

11.

River that the civilizations of Egypt and Kush both depended on

a)

Tigris

b)

Euphrates

c)

Nile

d)

Indus

12.

Burial technique to preserve a body in a life-like manner.

a)

Cremation

b)

Mummification

c)

Burial at Sea

d)

Preservation

13.

River floods leave behind _____ which helps crops to grow.

a)

Barley

b)

Silt

c)

Minerals

d)

Wheat

14.

During the 1400s b.c., what did the Nubians adapt while under Egyptian rule?

a)

spoken language

b)

irrigation techniques

c)

trading practices

d)

hieroglyphics