WorksheetsKush
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 32mins
During the later Kush empire, this queen ruled independently
Piankhi
Shabaka
Shanakdakheto
Kashta
The capital city of Meroe was bypassed in favor of the new kingdom:
Assyria
Aksum
Kerma
Egypt
These people traveled to bring trade goods to different regions
merchants
potters
caravans
soldiers
He declared himself pharaoh and had a pyramid built for his burial
Piankhi
Shanakdakheto
Shabaka
Kashta
An _______________________ was an trade good shipped OUT of an area, while an ________________________ was an item brought INTO an area
import, export
goods, services
service, import
export, import
This dark, black wood was a highly prized trade item from Meroe
ivory
ebony
iron
export
The early Kushites were driven out of Egypt when people from ___________________________ invaded
Kerma
Aksum
Assyria
Mongolia
Goods were sold from one trader to another along pathways called
caravans
trade networks
rivers
cataracts
The language of the people of Kush
Semetic
Cuneiform
Kushian
Meroitic
THis king expanded the Kushite empire into Egypt
Shanakdakheto
Shabaka
Ezana
Piankhi
After the fall of the Kushite empire in Egypt, this became the new capital city
Kerma
Meroe
Napata
Giza
Where was the later kingdom of Kush located in relation to Egypt
North
South
East
West
During the early years of the Kushite empire, this was the capital
Kerma
Meroe
Napata
Giza
Egypt, Sumer, and Kush all share which of the following?
worshipped the same gods
developed along rivers
used the same money
spoke the same language
This is the name of the region in which Kush developed
Nubia
Sudan
Aksum
Saudi Arabia
The fall of the Kushite civilization resulted from all of the following EXCEPT
the conquest of Kush by Egypt
Kush exhausted all of its natural resources
new trade routes bypassed Kush
a rival kingdom in the region grew stronger
