The Phoenicians and the Alphabet Part 4

​The Phoenicians and the Alphabet: Part 4

By Allison Bayles

Multiple Choice

What is the ancient name for the Strait of Gibraltar?

• The Towers of Horus

• The Pillars of Hercules

• The Columns of Astarte

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Spell the word

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How did Hiram send the wood to Solomon?

• dragged them behind donkeys

• carried them on camels

• floated them down the coast

• stacked them on elephants

Multiple Choice

What did Solomon want from

Hiram?

• lumber

• wheat

• gold

• water

Multiple Choice

What did Hiram get in trade for the wood?

• teachers

• wheat and oil

• gold and silver

• frankincenense and myrrh

Multiple Choice

Deuteronomy 7:1 - 4

"When the LORD your God brings you into the land which you go to possess, and has cast out many nations before you,..Amorites and the Canaanites...nations greater and [Blank]

than you,

• gods

• convenant

• destroy

• mightier

• daughter

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and when the

LORD your God delivers them over to you, you shall [blank]

them

and utterly destroy them.

• gods

• convenant

• destroy

• mightier

• daughter

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You shall make no [blank]

with them

nor show mercy to them.

• gods

• convenant

• destroy

• mightier

• daughter

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Nor shall you make [blank]

with them.

• gods

• marriages

• conquer

• mightier

• daughter

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You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their [blank] for your son.

• gods

• marriages

• conquer

• mightier

• daughter

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For they will turn your sons away from

following Me, to serve other [blank];

• gods

• marriages

• conquer

• mightier

• daughter

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so the anger of the LORD will

be aroused against you and

[blank] you suddenly.

• gods

• marriages

• conquer

• destroy

• daughter

Multiple Choice

How many wives did Solomon have?

• 77 wives

• 70 wives

• 7 wives

• 700 wives

Multiple Choice

What city do Sidonians come from?

• Byblos of Phoenicia

• Tripoli of Phoenicia

• Sidon of Phoenicia

• Tyre of Phoenicia

Multiple Choice

What is the Phoenician name for the goddess Ashtoreth?

• Anathoth

• Astarte

• Ashtor

• Ahiram

Labeling

Drag labels to their correct locations on the map

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Sidon

Cyprus

Utica

Sardinia

Pillars of Hercules

Tyre

Carthage

Byblos

Multiple Choice

What is the Phoenician name of the goddess

Aphrodite?

• Athena

• Astarte

• Venus

Multiple Choice

What biblical creature has wings, a lion's body, and a man's head?

• a sphinx

• a cherub angel

• a seraph angel

Match

Match the following

Crete

Cyprus

Santorini

• Crete

• Cyprus

• Santorini

Match

Match the following

Malta

Cyprus

Sardinia

• Malta

• Cyprus

• Sardinia

Multiple Choice

What is the name of this famous 'rock'?

• the Rock of Gibraltar

• the Rock of Sicily

• the Rock of Cyprus

Multiple Choice

This rock helps mark the division between what two great bodies of water?

• the Mediterranean Sea and

  Black Seas

• the Mediterranean Sea and

  Atlantic Ocean

• the Mediterranean Sea and Red

  Seas

Multiple Choice

What was the Phoenicians' most important contribution to civilization?

• public amphitheaters

• public libraries

• universities

• the Phoenician Alphabet

Multiple Choice

How did the name 'Phoenicians, from phoinos, develop?

• They lived in a land with red soil

• They were bloodthirsty conquerors

• Their skin was redder than any other culture

• They produced a reddish-purple dye

Multiple Choice

Why were the Phoenicians known as the greatest seafarers of the ancient world?

• They built very advanced ships

• They never lost a ship at sea

• No one could stop their naval ships when at war

• They were the only ones to sail on large bodies of water

Multiple Choice

How many vowels did the Phoenicians' alphabet have? How many consonants?

• 30 vowels and 30 consonants

• 13 vowels and 3 consonants

• 20 vowels and 2 consonants

• 0 vowels and 22 consonants

Multiple Choice

What were the approximate dates of the Phoenician Civilization?

• c. 1000 B.C. - 800 B.C.

• c. 1600 B.C. - 1400 B.C.

• c. 1400 B.C. - 1200 B.C.

• c. 1200 B.C. - 1000 B.C.

Multiple Choice

What were the predominant occupations of the Phoenicians?

• herdsmen and shepherds

• miners and stonecutters

• trading and transporting goods by sea

• priests and priestesses

Multiple Choice

Where did the Phoenicians live?

• Greece

• Canaan

• Egypt

• Persia

Multiple Choice

What were the Phoenicians known as in the Bible?

• Moabites

• Amorites

• Philistines

• Canaanites

See you tomorrow...

The End