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?
- A kingdom of Nubia, south of Egypt
- A desert far from any river
- Rocky stretches of the Nile
- Land along the Nile, now in Egypt and Sudan
Luz's chart has a blank: why did Kush matter?
- They lie between Aswan and Khartoum
- It traded with its neighbors for centuries
- It was home of the Kingdom of Kush
- It had no neighbors nearby
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 Noah reads that the Nile has six cataracts. What is a cataract on a river?
- The mouth of the river
- A wide, deep lake found far away from the sea
- A shallow, rocky stretch with rapids
- A canal dug by people
Pia reads that Nubia is now divided between Egypt and Sudan. What is Nubia?
- A river in Sudan
- A city in Egypt
- A country of its own today
- A region that is now in two countries
Why would shallow rocks and rapids make boat travel on the Nile hard, Ren asks?
- The water there is far too deep for boats
- Rocks and shallow water block boats
- Boats cannot float on rivers
- Rapids make the river flow uphill
Why did people in Kush live close to the Nile, Tala asks?
- To stay away from neighbors
- Because rain fell just by rivers
- For water, farming and travel
- To escape the cataracts
How did the Nile help Kush trade with Egypt, Zee asks?
- The river ran far away from the land of Egypt
- Trade made the river
- The river linked Kush to Egypt
- Egypt was south of Kush
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?
- Early Kerma, a small newly founded village
- Classic Kerma, about 25 hectares
- They were the same size
- Middle Kerma, 3 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
- Half as large
- About 22 times as large
How did Kerma change from 2500 BCE to 1500 BCE, Esme asks?
- It moved to Egypt
- It stayed the same size
- It shrank from a city to a village
- It grew from a village into a city
