Phoenicians Quiz

The Phoenicians were masters of overland trade.

• True

• False

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

• juice from berries.

• liquid from 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

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

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

Phoenicia was located ____________. 

•  on the island of Crete, in the Mediterranean.
• between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers.
• close to the Persian Gulf.
• on the west coast of the Fertile Crescent.