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
- Rocky stretches of the Nile
- A desert far from any river
- A kingdom of Nubia, south of Egypt
Luz's chart has a blank: why did Kush matter?
- It had no neighbors nearby
- It was home of the Kingdom of Kush
- It traded with its neighbors for centuries
- They lie between Aswan and Khartoum
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?
- An area of land with something in common
- A river's rapids
- A kind of boat
- A single city
Noah reads that the Nile has six cataracts. What is a cataract on a river?
- A shallow, rocky stretch with rapids
- A wide, deep lake found far away from the sea
- A canal dug by people
- The mouth of the river
Pia reads that Nubia is now divided between Egypt and Sudan. What is Nubia?
- A country of its own today
- A city in Egypt
- A region that is now in two countries
- A river in Sudan
Why would shallow rocks and rapids make boat travel on the Nile hard, Ren asks?
- Rapids make the river flow uphill
- The water there is far too deep for boats
- Boats cannot float on rivers
- Rocks and shallow water block boats
Why did people in Kush live close to the Nile, Tala asks?
- To stay away from neighbors
- To escape the cataracts
- Because rain fell just by rivers
- For water, farming and travel
How did the Nile help Kush trade with Egypt, Zee asks?
- The river ran far away from the land of Egypt
- Egypt was south of Kush
- The river linked Kush to Egypt
- Trade made the river
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 shrank from a city to a village
- It stayed the same size
- It moved to Egypt
- It grew from a village into a city