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100
What do you call a mineral or a combination of minerals mined for the production of metals?
Ore
100
Who were the first Africans to work with iron?
The people of Meroë.
100
Where was Lower Nubia?
Between the first and second cataracts of the Nile.
100
For most of their history Nubia and Egyp were peaceful, friendly neighbors, but later on they competed for control of the land?
True
100
Which capital was located betweeen the fifth and sixth cataracts of the ile It became a center of the empire that ruled much of Nubia.
Meroë.
200
Which is the region of ancient Nubia between the first and second cataracts ?
Lower Nubia
200
Which Nubian Kingdom was known for its skilled artisan?
Kerma
200
Where was Upper Nubia?
Between the second and sixth cataracts of the Nile.
200
Egypt did NOT value Nubia's rich mineral resources.
False
200
How did the people of Meroë use iron ore?
To make tools and weapons.
300
Which is the region of ancient Nubia between the second and sixth Nile cataracts?
Upper Nubia
300
Egypt valued this region for its rich mineral resources such as gold, copper and iron ore.
Nubia
300
Which cities in Upper Nubia had the three most powerful kingdoms?
Kerma, Napata and Meroë.
300
Kerma gained power and wealth by controlling trade between Central Africa and Egypt.
True
300
Which one had more women rulers Egypt or Nubia?
Nubia
400
What do you call a worker who is skilled in crafting goods by hand?
An artisan.
400
Which place gained power and wealth mainly from controlling the trade between Central Africa and Egypt?
Kerma
400
Which people from Nubia did the Egyptians hire for their own armies?
The Archers.
400
The resources of Kerma were a great deal of energy.
False. The resources of Kerma were highly skilled workers and control of trade between Central Africa and Egypt.
400
Name some features of Nubian culture that have lasted to this day.
Styles of pottery, furniture, jewelry, hairstyles and clothing survive among people of modern day Africa.
500
Nubia was known as this, which the Egyptians called Ta Séty.
Land of the Bow
500
Which were the two cities in the ancient land called Kush?
Napata and Meroë
500
Which people had many skilled artisans and were known for their highly prized, delicate pottery?
The people from Kerma.
500
In the late 700s Egypt was once again weak, and the Napatan Kings took more control of Egypt.
True
500
From what other parts of the world did Moroë grow rich by trading with them what they had in Central Africa.
India, the Arabian Peninsula and Rome
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