Ancient Phoenicia

The purple dye that the Phoenicians were famous for came from...

• juice from berries.
• liquid from spiral snails.
• a special kind of tree sap.
• ink form squids.

What did the Phoenicians share with other groups they met, which is important to us today?

• Stories and legends
• Maps and compasses
• Shipbuilding and sailing strategies
• the alphabet they had invented

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

The Phoenicians helped spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean area by

• using ships to trade goods with other peoples.
• Traveling by caravan across the lands westward .
• conquering all the lands west of the Persian Gulf.
• controlling the supply of a valuable purple dye.

Phoenicians were able to control trade throughout the Mediterranean __________. 

• by telling stories of monsters that lived in the deep water.
•  by bribing other kings.
• by having warriors on their ships.
• by refusing to trade their purple dye. 

The Phoenician ____ was a writing system made up of 22 symbols, each symbol representing a sound of the language. 

• alphabet 
• scribes
• cuneiform
• city - state 

Why was the purple dye so valuable?

• Phoenicians were the only people that had it
• Only rich people could wear purple
• It was a crime to kill snails
• snails are an endangered species

Why did Phoenicia become a thriving and wealthy region?

•   Phoenicia controlled access to the cities of Sumer. 
• Phoenicians sold valuable wood and dyed cloth to neighboring peoples.
• Gold was discovered near the city of Tyre.
• The warlike Phoenicians conquered their neighbors. 

. The Phoenician alphabet made it easier for people in the ancient world to __________.

• hire scribes. 
•  teach cuneiform.
• learn cuneiform.
• learn to read and write.

The Phoenicians dominated _______ trade across the Mediterranean.

• land
• all
• sea
• air