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Unit 2: Ancient Egypt & the Middle East
Chapter 10: The Kingdom of Kush
Chapter 10 Review – Answer Key
A. MATCHING. Match each term with the correct description. Write the letter of the
term in Column II in the space provided in Column I. THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST BE
COMPLETED IN INK!
Column I
Column II
C 1. A city on the Nile River that became the center of Kushite culture
a. Kandakes
and industry.
b. Dynasty
B 2. A family or group that rules for several generations.
c. Meroe
E 3. To be made more like Egypt.
d. Nubia
D 4. Another name for Kush civilization.
e. Egyptianization
A 5. A powerful female leader who co-ruled with her husband or sons.
B. SENTENCE COMPLETION. Write the letter and word from the word bank below
in the space provided that correctly completes each statement. Use the section
headings to help you QUICKLY locate your answers.
a. Nile River
d. Meroe
g. 25th dynasty
j. black pharaohs
m. century
P. Africa
b. complicated
e. iron
h. wall paintings
k. tribute
n. Nubia
c. darker
f. Egyptianized
i. Napata
l. New Kingdom
o. Meroitic
Q.
r.
10.1 Introduction
H 6. An important way historians learn about ancient Kush is through ancient
wall paintings.
B 7. Egypt and Kush had a complicated relationship.
C 8. Kushites are different from Egyptians in that they have darker skin
and curly hair.
10.2 The Egytianization of Kush
N 9. Kush was also called Nubia because of its rich gold mines.
A 10. Ancient Kush and Egypt are connected by the Nile River.
F 11. While under Egypt’s control around 1600 – 1100 B.C.E., Kushite society
became Egytpianized or more like Egypt.
K 12. While under Egyptian control, the Kushites were ordered to pay a tribute of
gold, cattle, ivory, ebony, ostrich feathers, and slaves.
10.3 Kush Conquers Egypt
L 13. In the mid-700s, Kush regained its independence from Egypt when the
New Kingdom collapsed.
M/J14. Kushite pharaoh ruled over Egypt for nearly a century. Historians
have traditionally called them the “black pharaohs”.
G 15. In Egypt, Pharaoh Piye and his family became the 25th Dynasty,
or line of rulers.
E 16. In 671 B.C.E., the Assyrians used their advanced iron weaponry to drive the
Kushites out of Egypt.
10.4 The Kush Capital of Meroe
I 17. The Kushites decided to make Meroe their new capital. Meroe was 300
miles south of Napata, safely out of Egypt’s reach.
D 18. Meroe was a large and wealthy city. It became especially
well known for producing iron.
10.5 Kush Returns to its African Roots
P 19. After separation from Egypt the worship of a lion-god in Kush reflected the
influence of Africa on Kushite culture.
O 20. After separating from Egypt, the Kushite people wrote and spoke a native
language called Meriotic, after Meroe, which had its own
alphabet.