Phoenicians

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.

Phoenicia was located ____________.

• on the island of Crete, in the Mediterranean.

• between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers.

• close to the Persian Gulf.

• on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

The Phoenicians were known to be excellent

• scientists and astronomers.
• farmers and growers.
• warriors and fighters.
• sailors and traders.

Phoenicia was mostly located in an area that is now the modern day country of

• Lebanon.
• Turkey.
• Egypt.
• Iraq.

What were the Phoenicians two most valuable trading resources?

• oil and fish

• gold and silver

• dye and cedar

• wheat and barley

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

• juice from berries.

• liquid from snails.

• a special kind of tree sap.

• ink from squids.

The Phoenicians were thought to have created the material...

• glass
• iron
• silver
• gold

The Phoenicians were the first people to create what?

• writing
• goverment
• alphabet
• cedar wood