Ch 3 Sec 4 - The Phoenicians

Ch 3 Sec 4 - The Phoenicians

Multiple Choice

The Phoenicians used to live on a very narrow and long strip of land to the ______ of the Mediterranean Sea.

• north

• south

• east

• west

Multiple Choice

What geographical area did they trade in?

• eagean sea

• indian sea

• arctic sea

• mediterranean sea

Multiple Choice

How did Phoenicians location help?

• it became a center for tourism

• it became a center for commerce

• it became a center for religion

• it became a center for education

Multiple Choice

Phoenicia became the world's first?

• selling Empire

• trading Empire

• manufacturing Empire

• sea Empire

Multiple Choice

The ______ made it difficult for the Phoenicians to grow their own crops.

• crops

• stones

• mountains

• cedar trees

Multiple Choice

What did the Phoenicians use the cedar trees for?

• To build cabins

• To build houses

• To make fires

• To build ships

Multiple Choice

Purple dye was made from?

• sea horse

• sea stars

• sea snail

• sea plants

Multiple Choice

the art of steering a ship from place to place

• import

• navigation

• export

• colony

Multiple Choice

This was the largest colony founded by the Phoenicians

• Cree

• Rome

• Athens

• Carthage

Multiple Choice

How many symbols did their writing system have?

• 22

• 26

• 28

• 32

Multiple Choice

the word alphabet comes from the first two letters in the Greek alphabet - what are they?

• alpha and omega

• alpha and beta

• beta and zeta

• beta and sigma

Multiple Choice

Why did the Phoenicians become sailors and traders instead of farmers?

• there were no rivers for irrigation of crops
• there was not much land available for farming
• there was not enough rainfall for their crops
• they did not like farming