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Nubia: The Black Kingdom of Kush
Value = 31pts
Name:_________________ Block:_____
1. What was another great power of the Nile in competition with Egypt:
_____________________. 1pt
2. What made the Kings of Kush extremely wealthy?
1pt
_______________________.
3. The ability to farm and create a surplus of grain helped Kush develop: 2pt
A. ______________________
B. ______________________
4. In ancient times the Nile was: _________________ North and South for trade.
1pt
5. Give two examples of what Kush exported: 2pt
A. _______________________
B. _______________________
6. George Wisner erroneously interpreted Kush as an outpost of Egypt with a Black
population of _________________. 1pt
7. The universal building material at Kerma was: 1pt _________________.
8. What is driving the discoveries in the 4th Cataract of the Nile: ________________.
This will wipe out how many years of human occupation? __________________.
2pts
9. Describe some of the geographical difficulties archaeologists face when excavating
ancient Kush: ____________________________________________________.
1pt
10. How many graves were found at the cemetery at Kerma________________. 1pt
11. What did the Kushite kings take with them to their graves? 1pt
_________________________________________________.
12. Why did the Egyptians build massive fortifications along the Nile? ___________
______________________. 1pt
13. In 1650 BCE Kush invaded ________________. 1pt
14. Which Egyptian Pharaoh conquered Kush? _________________. 1pt
15. Domination of Kush brought Egypt ownership of ______________________. 1pt
16. Viceroys ran Kush and ensured the flow of its wealth down steam and into the
Pharaoh’s_________________. 1pt.
17. Children of the elite were educated in _______________and would then return to
Kush to administer for the Egyptians. 1pt
18. What did Egypt build at the foot of Jebel Barkal? 1pt ______________________.
19. Jebel Barkal was believed to be the home of their state god _____________. 1pt
20. Egypts control of Kush ended around ______________ due to troubles in Egypt.
1pt
21. El Kurru cemetery tombs show the Kush royals adopting Egyptian ___________
____________. 1pt
22. Piankhi, king of Kush, swept into Egypt and ruled over Egypt for a _________.
1pt
23. The Kushite rulers never presented themselves as Egyptian, and were all buried
in _____________, in Kush. 1pt
24. Who was the greatest of the Black Pharaohs? __________. 1pt
25. Taharqa created monuments showing himself doing what? __________________
and ____________________________.
26. Taharqa is mentioned in the _____________ aiding the king of Judah against
Assyria. 1pt
27. Taharqa was driven out of Egypt by the ___________. 1pt
28. Taharqa built a massive ___________for his burial. 1pt
29. The size of a pharaoh’s pyramid was to reflect their _________ and __________.
30. Assyrians drove Kush rulers out of ___________for good. 1pt
Note: The ruler Piankhi is also known as Piye.