How did Aksum become one of the wealthiest kingdoms in Africa?

It sat in the middle of several trade routes.

How did Kush adapt its weaponry after its war with Assyria?

Kush began making and trading iron weapons.

How was the climate of Nubia different from that of Egypt?

The cilmate was more temperate, and allowed for some farming.

How did Egypt influence Kush?

Kush used hieroglyphics., Kush learned to build pyramids from the Egyptians.

How did King Ezana shape the culture of Aksum?

Christianity became Aksum's official religion.

What evidence do we have that humans and animals once lived in the Sahara desert?

Pictographs of animals made by early humans, Fossils of tropical plants.

How did Aksum's farming adapt to the local landscape?

They farmed into the sides of hills using terraces.

How did the Kingdom of Kush influence Egypt?

The practice of following pharaohs orginated in Kush., Kush practiced the same religion as the Egyptians.

How did the king Ezana help Aksum grow in size?

He used his miltary to conquer neighbors of Aksum.

Why were most African communities made up of small tribes?

Farming was difficult, and large populations hard to sustain.

How did most African communities pass on history without any written language?

History was passed through storytelling.

In what ways did the Bantu migrations change the culture of Africa?

Iron tools became widspread in Africa., Farming stretched to the southern tip of Africa.

Which of the following was a unique element to Aksum's architetcure (buildings)?

Large obelisks, Monasteries built into the mountains

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1
Which of the following were often traded in the Kingdom of Kush?
Gold
Beaver furs
Dinosaur bones
Iron weapons
2
How did Aksum become one of the wealthiest kingdoms in Africa?
It sat in the middle of several trade routes.
Aksum benefited from trade in wild animals.
Aksum had large deposits of diamonds.
It conqured Nubian kingdoms to the south, taking their wealth.
3
How did Kush adapt its weaponry after its war with Assyria?
Kush resorted to throwing bolders and sticks at the Assyrians.
Kush purchased new weapons from African kingdoms further south.
Kush tamed elephants to use in battle.
Kush began making and trading iron weapons.
4
How was the climate of Nubia different from that of Egypt?
There was less water here than in Egypt.
Nubia was a land of thick cedar forests.
The cilmate was more temperate, and allowed for some farming.
Nubia was home to Africa's great lakes, allowing for fishing.
5
How did Egypt influence Kush?
Egypt taught Kush how to irrigate the Nile.
Kush used hieroglyphics.
Kushite soldiers made the majority of Egypt's army.
Kush learned to build pyramids from the Egyptians.
6
How did King Ezana shape the culture of Aksum?
Ezana was burried in an Egyptian-styled pyramid.
Christianity became Aksum's official religion.
Aksum deveoped its own written language.
Aksum adopted Egyptian hieroglyphs.
7
What evidence do we have that humans and animals once lived in the Sahara desert?
Large populations of homminod fossils
Pictographs of animals made by early humans
Evidence of ancient riverbeds
Fossils of tropical plants.
8
How did Aksum's farming adapt to the local landscape?
They grew crops along the shallows of the Nile.
They grew crops in large cisterns underground.
They farmed into the sides of hills using terraces.
They brought in water from the mountains using aquaducts.
9
How did the Kingdom of Kush influence Egypt?
Egyptians learned to mummify bodies in Kush.
Kushites built the first pyramids.
The practice of following pharaohs orginated in Kush.
Kush practiced the same religion as the Egyptians.
10
How did the king Ezana help Aksum grow in size?
He used his miltary to conquer neighbors of Aksum.
He allowed foreign citizens to live in Aksum.
He initiated new trade deals with kingdoms in India.
He married several wives from different kingdoms.
11
Why were most African communities made up of small tribes?
Farming was difficult, and large populations hard to sustain.
Diseases, like Ebola, wiped out many settlers in the region.
There was a lack of water in sub-Saharan Africa.
Culturally, there was a lack of kings in this part of the world.
12
How did most African communities pass on history without any written language?
History was recored by certain collections of animal skins.
History was passed through storytelling.
Many tribes adopted tattoos as a method of "wearing" history.
Images are carved into ivory statues.
13
In what ways did the Bantu migrations change the culture of Africa?
Africa was united into a single empire.
Written langguage developed in all parts of the continent.
Iron tools became widspread in Africa.
Farming stretched to the southern tip of Africa.
14
Which of the following was a unique element to Aksum's architetcure (buildings)?
Large obelisks
Underground royal palaces
Pyramids
Monasteries built into the mountains
15
Why did people begin to migrate south from the Sahara around 4,000 years ago?
Large animals, like mammoths, moved south.
The Sahara became a desert.
Gold was discovered near the west coast of Africa.
Trade routes opened up with Egypt.

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