TCI Chapter 10

a powerful female leader who co-ruled Kush with her husband or sons was called a ____________

• kushite

• kandake

• nubian

• jebel

Kush was ________ of Egypt

• north

• south

• east

• west

Which of the following was not a natural resource found in Kush?

• cattle

• ivory

• linen

• ostrich feathers

The Egyptians and Kushites...

• had a complicated relationship with periods of peace and periods of war

• were peaceful neighbors, often trading with one another

• were warlike people, consistently fighting and conquering one another

_________ was the name of the Kushite king who conquered Egypt in the mid 700s

• Abu Simbel

• Makmad

• Jebel Barkal

• Piye

After conquering Egypt, the Kushite Empire stretched from the Mediterranean sea to ____________, the capital city in southern Kush.

• Meroë

• Cairo

• Alexandria

• Napata

In the 650s BC, the ____________ Empire invaded Egypt and defeated the Kushites, causing the Kushite pharaoh to flee south, back to Kush.

• Syrian

• Persian

• Assyrian

• Mongol

The Kushites used iron to...

• build reinforced city walls around Meroë

• create weapons in order to fight the Assyrians

• offer sacrifices to their traditional African gods

• craft tools for farming

After separating from Egypt, Kush returned to the traditional practice of ___________ leadership.

• male

• female

Queen Amanirenas is most famous for...

• having one hundred husbands

• defeating the Romans and establishing independence from Rome

• reinstating the native Kushite language, Meroitic, after separating from Egypt

• expanding Kushite trade to Arabia and Europe