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1. Ancient Kush- Review Answers 6th Grade Ancient Civilizations
Mr. Downey
2. 1. Describe Nubia’s location to Egypt. Nubia is south of Egypt. (area in green)
3. 2. Due to the Nile flooding, what was Kush able to do? Farm in the summer and winter.
4. 3. Who were the village leaders in early Kush? Successful farmers were the first village leaders.
5. 4. What was the first capital of Kush? Where was it? It was Kerma.
Located on the Nile River just south of the 3rd cataract.
6. 5. What geographic feature helped protect Kush? Cataracts or rapids.
7. 6. What did Egypt and Kush trade? Egypt traded:
Luxury items and jewelry to Kush Kush traded:
Slaves
Gold
Copper
Stone
Ebony
Ivory
to Egypt
8. 7. Why did Egypt conquer Kush? Egypt feared Kush was growing too powerful and would become more powerful than Egypt.
In a PREEMPTIVE action, the Egyptians attacked Kush and conquered them
9. 8. Which pharaoh conquered Kush? Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose I
10. 9. What were the effects on Kush from the Egyptians conquering them? They learned Egyptian language, adopted Egyptian names, Egyptian clothing, and Egyptian religion.
11. 10. When did Kush become independent again? Why? The power of the pharaohs decline, and Egypt was not as strong as they had been.
It happened around 1000 BC
12. 11. From what city did the independent kings rule? Napata
13. 12. What event lead to Kush conquering Egypt? A series of weak pharaohs.
14. 13. Who ordered the Kushites to invade Egypt? Kashta ordered an invasion of Egypt. He conquered Upper Egypt, the area closest to Kush.
15. 14. Draw a family tree of Kashta Kashta- father
Two sons: Piankhi and Shabaka
16. 15. Describe Piankhi Successful military leader
Deeply religious
Captured Lower Egypt
Believed the gods wanted him to rule all Egypt
17. 16. What did Shabaka do when it was his turn to rule 1. Began to call Kushite kings pharaohs
2. Tried to restore Egyptian cultural practices
3. Buried in a pyramid
18. 17. Who forced the Kushites out of Egypt? How? The Assyrians forced the Kushites out of Egypt in the 670’s BC
The Assyrians had better weapons, made of iron.
The Kushites had weapons made of copper, a softer metal
19. 18. What is the capital after the Kushites are out of Egypt? Meroe- it is also the economic center of the empire
20. 19. What industry developed due to natural resources? Iron industry starts, because there are trees to fuel the furnaces and iron ore nearby.
21. 20. What is a trade network? Who benefits? A trade network is a system of people in different lands who trade goods back and forth
Both sides benefit in trade and get something they want.
22. 21. Who are merchants? Merchants are the people who take the goods from one place to another and do the trading.
23. 22. Exports v. Imports Exports are items SENT to another region/ country.
Imports are the items that come to your country from another region/ country.
24. 23. Kush’s culture Influenced by Egyptians
Worshipped some Egyptian gods and some of their own
Hunted wild animals- lions, elephants, panthers
Developed their own written language- Meroitic- we can’t translate it
25. 24. What is authority? Power or influence.
26. 25. What was women’s role in Kush society? Worked in the fields
Raised children, cooked, cleaned, etc
Fought in wars
Elite women held religious positions
Some were co-rulers along with husbands
27. 26. Who was Queen Shanakhdakheto? She ruled the empire alone as a woman
Not much is known about her
Historians suspect she took power when her father or husband died
28. 27. What factors lead to the downfall of Kush? Loss of resources: overgrazed the land and made it infertile, used up the wood from forests
Loss of trade: could no longer produce items to trade, new trade routes excluded Kush based on their location
29. 28. Why did trade decline? They used up the resources to make goods to trade
Aksum’s rise to power took the place in trade the Kushites’ held
New trade routes went around Kush
30. 29. What kingdom rose at the expense of Kush? Aksum
31. 30. What leader and group took over Kush? Aksum and King Ezana conquered Kush.