Name: ______________________ Class: _________________ Date: _________

ID: A

Kingdom Of Kush Test

Matching a. b. c. d. e. military deposit savanna transportation culture f. g. h. i. j. slavery ritual resemble iron ore adopt 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. armed forces or army the way of life and beliefs of a group of people the material used to make iron to be like or similar to someone or something a way of moving from one place to another

1. the use of people to perform forced labor or work. 2. to take up 3. a natural supply 4. a grassy plain with few trees 5. a religious ceremony

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 11. The present-day country in which Kush was located is: a. Egypt b. Ghana c. Sudan d. Nubia 12. What natural resource helped Kush to become strong? a. gold b. silt c. papyrus d. iron 13. What was the first kingdom that was formed by the Nubians? a. Meroe b. Kerma c. Kush d. Cairo 14. What was the second kingdom in which the Nubians formed in 850 BCE? a. Meroe b. Kush c. Kerma d. Ghana 15. What were some goods that Kerma traded with Egypt? a. cattle, gold, ivory b. papyrus, cattle, cotton c. bronze, gold, silt d. barley, cattle bronze 16. What effect did Egypts invasion of Kerma have on the people of Kerma? a. Their military grew weak b. Thousands of Nubias died c. They all became slaves d. They adopted Egyptian culture. 17. How did Egypts weakness in the New Kingdom affect the Nubians? a. The Nubians became slaves b. The Nubians escaped. c. The Nubians moved further north d. Egypt punished . 18. What were some aspects of the Egyptian culture in which Kerma adopted? a. deities b. agriculture c. slavery d. ritual

Name: ______________________ 19. How did the Kushites try to avoid the Assyrians? a. They asked to move further north b. They promised to trade with them c. They went to deities for prayer; d. They moved farther South 20. What was the name of the new capital of Kush? a. Kush b. Meroe c. Kerma d. Ghana 21. How did the location of the new capital help make the Kushites so prosperous? a. It became a trading center b. It had many cataracts c. It was full of silver. d. There was a surplus of papyrus 22. Where was the Kushite city of Mero located? a. along the Indian Ocean b. along the Nile River c. along the Mediterranean Sea d. along the Red Sea 23. What can you infer from the fact that many
buildings in Mero resembled Egyptian buildings? a. The Egyptians constructed better buildings than the Kushites. b. The Kushites did not know how to construct good buildings. c. The Kushite culture was influenced by Egyptian culture. d. The Egyptian culture was inferior to the Kushite culture. 24. Which of the following occurred first? a. Egypt conquered Kush. b. Kush conquered Egypt. c. Aksum conquered Kush. d. Kush conquered Aksum.

ID: A

25. What civilization grew south of Egypt? a. Meroe b. Nubia c. Ghana d. Memphis