Kush+Worksheet

Chapter 10 Kush
 * Read sections 10.1 and 10.2. Then answer the questions that follow.**

1. Where was Kush located? _____________________________

2. From where did the people in Kush get their water? ___________________

3. List four natural resources that Kush had. _____________________________

4. What **economic** reason might have led Egypt to want to conquer Kush?

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5. Give three examples of Egyptian **culture** that was also found in Kush.

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6. Make an inference. Why might a conquered people take on the **culture** of its conquerors?

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 * Read section 10.3 and answer the questions that follow.**

7. Who was Piye and what did he do? _________________________________

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8. What choice did Piye make about Egyptian **culture**? ____________________

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9. Why do you think he made this choice? ______________________________

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 * Read the last paragraph of section 12.3 (p. 114) and answer the question.**

10. The Kushites were happy to take on Egyptian **culture**, including Egyptian religion. When the ancient Greeks conquered ancient Israel, many Jewish people in Israel did not want to imitate Greek **culture**. What happened as a result?

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