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?
- Rocky stretches of the Nile
- A desert far from any river
- A kingdom of Nubia, south of Egypt
- Land along the Nile, now in Egypt and Sudan
Kira's chart has a blank: what are cataracts?
- A kingdom south of Egypt
- Shallow, rocky stretches with rapids
- Land along the Nile
- Waterfalls much taller than the mountains
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 single city
- A river's rapids
- A kind of boat
- An area of land with something in common
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 river in Sudan
- A region that is now in two countries
Why would shallow rocks and rapids make boat travel on the Nile hard, Ren asks?
- Boats cannot float on rivers
- The water there is far too deep for boats
- Rapids make the river flow uphill
- Rocks and shallow water block boats
Why did people in Kush live close to the Nile, Tala asks?
- For water, farming and travel
- To stay away from neighbors
- Because rain fell just by rivers
- To escape the cataracts
How did the Nile help Kush trade with Egypt, Zee asks?
- Trade made the river
- The river linked Kush to Egypt
- Egypt was south of Kush
- The river ran far away from the land of Egypt
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 Which period of Kerma was the largest, Ari asks?
- Classic Kerma, about 25 hectares
- Early Kerma, a small newly founded village
- Middle Kerma, 3 hectares
- They were the same size
About how many times as large as Middle Kerma was Classic Kerma, Bo asks?
- About 22 times as large
- About 28 times as large
- About 8 times as large
- Half as large
How did Kerma change from 2500 BCE to 1500 BCE, Esme asks?
- It stayed the same size
- It moved to Egypt
- It grew from a village into a city
- It shrank from a city to a village