Nubia and the Kingdom of Kush
The Kingdom of Aksum
West, Central, and Southern Africa
Wild Card
100

A region south of Egypt along the Nile.

What is Nubia?

100

What was the name of a powerful trading kingdom?

What was Aksum?

100

The belief that everything has a spirit.

What is animism?

100

This river connected Nubia and Egypt.

What is the Nile River?

200

This was the First capital of Kush.

What was Napata?

200

What is the reason Aksum grew in power?

What was it's location?

200

Moving from place to place.

What is migration?

200

The heating of rock to get metal.

What is smelting?

300

This became the new capital of Kush.

What is Moroe?

300

This city was the main port in Aksum.

What was Adulis?

300

People survived by _________ and raising animals.

What is herding?

300

Moroe was important for ___ and ___.

What was trade and iron?

400

This was a kingdom in Nubia.

What was Kush?
400
King Ezana officially made ________ the religion of Aksum.

What is Christianity?

400

The Bantu spread across this continent.

What was Africa?

400

Pianki was the king who conquered this country.

What was Egypt?
500

What two places in the Middle East influenced each other?

What were Kush and Egypt?

500

Aksum was located in this part of the world.

Where is the Horn of Africa?

500

Migration helped spread language and _________.

What is culture?

500

This group of people were early ironworkers.

Who were the Nok?

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