buying and selling goods and services

How did the region’s geography affect Kush?

The Nile’s cataracts made it difficult to travel by boat.

Kush is best remembered for

trade networks with Greece and other parts of Africa.

What made the Egyptian lunar calendar difficult to use?

Each year had a different number of days.

the legendary first king of united Egypt

What is the source of the Nile?

the Blue Nile and the White Nile

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Ancient Egypt and Kush

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1
What is commerce?
dependence on another country
buying and selling goods and services
a type of luxury good
a military strategy
2
How did the region’s geography affect Kush?
Kush could not produce a surplus.
The Nile did not flood each year in Kush.
Kushites did not have far to travel to attack their enemies.
The Nile’s cataracts made it difficult to travel by boat.
3
Kush is best remembered for
queens called candaces.
trade networks with Greece and other parts of Africa.
paying tribute to Egypt.
food shortages.
4
For what was papyrus used?
building coffins
ink
making paper
making clay
5
What made the Egyptian lunar calendar difficult to use?
Each year had a different number of days.
Days were different lengths in different seasons.
Only educated Egyptians could understand it
It was based on a star that appeared every three years.
6
Which Egyptian pharaoh built the most monuments?
Hatshepsut
Ramses II
Thutmose III
Thutmose II
7
What was the purpose of the pyramids?
to house farmers and their families
to hold rebels as prisoners
to serve as tombs for pharaohs
to store grain and dried beans
8
Which represents a unique achievement of Kush’s civilization?
preparation for the afterlife
Meroitic script
hieroglyphics
papyrus
9
Amon-Re, Isis, and Horus were
Greek gods worshipped in Egypt.
sacred texts in Egyptian religion.
the names of Egyptian pharaohs.
the names of Egyptian gods.
10
Who was Narmer?
a person belonging to the slave class
the legendary first king of united Egypt
a powerful priest from “the Two Lands”
a village leader who kept records of events
11
Kush conquered which kingdom?
Assyria
Babylon
Axum
Egypt
12
Along with papyrus, the Egyptians also invented
subtraction
glass
bronze
the wheel.
13
What does a hieroglyphic writing system use instead of alphabetic letters?
drawings or symbols
a numerical code
cuneiform shapes
papyrus scrolls
14
Egypt’s Black Land was caused by
the deserts surrounding the Nile.
the damming of the Nile River.
yearly flooding of the Nile.
pollution created by farmers.
15
What is the source of the Nile?
the Mediterranean Sea
the highlands of West Africa
the Blue Nile and the White Nile
the Khartoum River

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