Definitions
Ancient Kush
Meroe
South Sudan (Current Event)
Historical Figures & Places
100
The hard creamy-white modified dentine that composes the tusks of a mammal (such as an elephant, walrus, or narwhal)
What is ivory?
100
Nubian soldiers were expert marksmen who utilized this long-distance weapon.
What are the bow and arrow?
100
The abundance of Meroe's wealth was founded on these two resources.
What are iron and gold?
100
A land locked country in Eastern Africa which was founded in 2011.
What is South Sudan?
100
A blank map of this Eastern African country.
What is Sudan?
200
A group of dark-skinned peoples that formed a powerful empire between Egypt and Ethiopia from the 6th to the 14th centuries.
Who were the Nubians?
200
Egyptian pharaohs mined for this material in Kush. It was primarily found in tombs, sculpture, and architecture.
What is gold?
200
The acronym BCE stands for this ancient time period.
What is "before the common era?"
200
Explain the religious divide in Sudan from 1956 to 2005.
The country was divided along religious lines. Southern Sudan was mainly Christian, while central and northern territories practiced Islam. Language barriers and economic pressures also exacerbated divisions within the country. These conflicts led a protracted civil war.
200
What are the Meroe Pyramids?
300
The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group.
What is genocide?
300
Historians refer to these Nubian Kings who ruled Egypt during 25th Dynasty.
Who are the Black Pharaohs of the Nile?
300
This 1st Century Kushite warrior queen successfully defended the kingdom against the Roman Empire.
Who is Amani Rinas?
300
In January 2011, after decades of civil strife, South Sudanese citizens voted for what?
What is independence? (From Sudan)
300
The capital of Sudan.
What is Khartoum?
400
A hard heavy blackish wood yielded by various tropical trees.
What is ebony?
400
The first capital of the Kushite Empire.
What is Kerma?
400
Why did the Kushites invade Egypt in 750 BCE?
Kushites invaded for a myriad of reasons including:
- Religious - To assert their dominance over the Egyptian belief structure. (More Egyptian than Egyptians)
- Take back control of their natural resources.
- Control of the Nile River Basin. (transportation and trading)
400
A human being less than 18 years old, recruited by an army or simply participating in an armed conflict.
Who is a child solider?
400
A bust of a Nubian Queen is also known as...
What is a kandake?
500
The term for the royal queen of Meroe.
Who is a "Kandake?"
500
A huge mud-brick structure used as a temple or funerary chapel.
What is a Deffufa?
500
This southern empire sacked and conquered the Kingdom of Kush in 350 CE.
Who were the Aksumites? (Aksum)
500
Southern Sudan is roughly equivalent, size wise, to this U.S. state.
What is Texas?
500
What is a Deffufa?