"Empire of the Sea" QUIZ

"Empire of the Sea" QUIZ

Use this week's selection to take this problem and solution reading comprehension quiz. You MAY use your Reading Writing Textbook selection and vocabulary page to answer the questions. You have 2 minutes to answer each question.

Multiple Select

The Phoenicians' land was rich in resources such as... (choose ALL possible answers)

• cedar trees

• resources to make glass

• bison

• murex snail shells

Multiple Select

What solution(s) did the Phoenicians create to solve their problems of getting their goods to people who wanted them? (Choose all that apply)

• They build sleds to drag cargo across the desert floor.

• They became skilled navigators to travel by sea to deliver their goods.

• They constructed enormous cargo ships from Cedar wood.

• They travelled by camel to deliver goods.

Multiple Choice

What did the Phoenicians do to create a system of trade routes to solve their problem of needing to buy and sell goods?

• They followed trade routes used by others.

• They hired people to deliver their goods.

• They traded only with people nearby.

• They developed their own trade routes and ports in which they sailed routinely.

Multiple Choice

The Phoenician's needed to create a communal system of writing so others could understand their trade records. What did they do to solve this problem?

• They used Egyptian hieroglyphs.

• They used cuneiform shapes.

• They created an alphabet with 22 consonants that became widely used by others.

• They drew elaborate pictures of their trade records.

Multiple Select

The Phoenicians empire of trade went into decline in 300 B.C., but the following contributions live on to enrich our world... (choose all that apply)

• ship building designs

• ship navigation methods

• communal alphabet

• educational system

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When people do something together, it may be ...

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Historians may use a historical... to determine how people of the past may have lived.

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The Phoenician people were able to effectively ... their resources to make goods they could profit from.

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Purple dye was ... from the murex snail shell.

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... was made out of the papyrus plant so people could write down their ideas.