Kush: the kingdom south of Egypt that traded gold and worked iron
Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence
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Kush along the Nile
Feature What it is Why it mattered Nubia ? home of the Kingdom of Kush Cataracts shallow, rocky stretches of the Nile with rapids they lie along the river between Aswan and Khartoum Kush a kingdom of Nubia, south of Egypt it traded with its neighbors for many centuries The cell marked ? is blank.
Jun's chart has a blank: what is Nubia?
- Land along the Nile, now in Egypt and Sudan
- A desert far from any river
- Rocky stretches of the Nile
- A kingdom of Nubia, south of Egypt
Kira's chart has a blank: what are cataracts?
- Shallow, rocky stretches with rapids
- Waterfalls much taller than the mountains
- Land along the Nile
- A kingdom south of Egypt
Luz's chart has a blank: why did Kush matter?
- They lie between Aswan and Khartoum
- It had no neighbors nearby
- It traded with its neighbors for centuries
- It was home of the Kingdom of Kush
Kush along the Nile
Feature What it is Why it mattered Nubia the land along the Nile from south of Aswan to near Khartoum, now in Egypt and Sudan home of the Kingdom of Kush Cataracts shallow, rocky stretches of the Nile with rapids they lie along the river between Aswan and Khartoum Kush a kingdom of Nubia, south of Egypt it traded with its neighbors for many centuries Milo reads the word region. What is a region?
- A river's rapids
- A kind of boat
- A single city
- An area of land with something in common
Noah reads that the Nile has six cataracts. What is a cataract on a river?
- The mouth of the river
- A shallow, rocky stretch with rapids
- A wide, deep lake found far away from the sea
- A canal dug by people
Pia reads that Nubia is now divided between Egypt and Sudan. What is Nubia?
- A region that is now in two countries
- A country of its own today
- A city in Egypt
- A river in Sudan
Why would shallow rocks and rapids make boat travel on the Nile hard, Ren asks?
- The water there is far too deep for boats
- Rapids make the river flow uphill
- Boats cannot float on rivers
- Rocks and shallow water block boats
Why did people in Kush live close to the Nile, Tala asks?
- Because rain fell just by rivers
- To stay away from neighbors
- For water, farming and travel
- To escape the cataracts
How Kerma grew
Period Dates Size Early Kerma 2500–2000 BCE a small, newly founded village Middle Kerma 2000–1750 BCE a settlement of 3 hectares Classic Kerma 1750–1500 BCE a city of about 25 hectares About how many times as large as Middle Kerma was Classic Kerma, Bo asks?
- About 28 times as large
- About 8 times as large
- About 22 times as large
- Half as large
How did Kerma change from 2500 BCE to 1500 BCE, Esme asks?
- It moved to Egypt
- It stayed the same size
- It grew from a village into a city
- It shrank from a city to a village