Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Choose the best
answer.
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Where was Nubia
located?
a. | along the upper Nile
River | c. | in southeastern
Africa | b. | north of Egypt | d. | in western Africa |
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What raw materials did the
Nubians use to make valuable products for trade?
a. | fertile
soil | c. | wood from vast
forests | b. | gold and iron | d. | cataracts |
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What did Nubian traders import
from the lands to their south?
a. | metal
ores | c. | glassware | b. | leopard skins | d. | cattle |
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How is the Nile River in Nubia
different from the Nile River in Egypt?
a. | The Nile in Nubia has a
delta. | c. | The Nile in Nubia has
silt. | b. | The Nile in Nubia has cataracts. | d. | The Nile in Nubia flows south. |
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When the Hyksos invaded Egypt,
what did the Kushite king do?
a. | The Kushite king fled south beyond
the third cataract. | b. | The Kushite king sent troops to support the
Egyptians. | c. | The Kushite king became an ally of the
Hyksos. | d. | The Kushite king built a capital at
Kerma. |
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Who or what was
Napata?
a. | Egyptian conqueror of
Kush | b. | capital of the kingdom of Meroë | c. | Kushite capital near the fourth
cataract | d. | trading center on the border between Egypt and
Nubia |
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What did the Kushites do after
the Assyrian invasion?
a. | They adopted the Assyrian language,
religion, and culture. | b. | They created a new kingdom farther south on the Nile
River. | c. | They fled into Egypt. | d. | They destroyed
Meroë. |
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Choose the term that best
completes the sentence.
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The natural resources of Nubia
included ____, such as granite, for building.
a. | commercial | d. | export | b. | raw materials | e. | annex | c. | decipher |
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Nubia had a ____ relationship
with Egypt.
a. | commercial | d. | export | b. | raw materials | e. | annex | c. | decipher |
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Egyptian rulers were able to
____ northern Nubia by sending troops to defeat the Nubians.
a. | commercial | d. | export | b. | raw materials | e. | annex | c. | decipher |
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Nubian traders wanted to ____
products from Africa to southwestern Asia.
a. | commercial | d. | export | b. | raw materials | e. | annex | c. | decipher |
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Modern experts are still trying
to ____ some ancient forms of writing.
a. | commercial | d. | export | b. | raw materials | e. | annex | c. | decipher |
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