Studies Weekly Purple People of Phoenicia week 5

Which is a fact about present-day Lebanon?

• Arabic is the official language

• famous for its large forests of cedar

• has many lakes for navigation

• has never had a civil war

Historians believe that ancient Phoenicians established trade routes in all of the following EXCEPT

• along the coast of Europe

• along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea

• along the coast of Africa

• along the coast of North America

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 from squids

What were the Phoenicians' most important tools for finding their way on their trading voyages?

• compasses

• maps from earlier explorers

• landmarks and stars

• wind socks

What natural resource did the Phoenicians use to make glass?

• cedar trees

• water

• sand

• rocks

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 in their area for crops

• They did not like farming

The Phoenicians spread stories of sea monsters to discourage which people from competing with them along their trade routes?

• the Assyrians

• the Greeks

• the Egyptians

• the Babylonians

Even though historians now believe than Hanno may have been the first to sail around the entire coast of Africa, which explorer is usually given credit for this feat?

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Marco Polo

• Vasco de Gama

What did the Phoenicians share with everyone they met as they traveled, which made an important contribution to people today?

• stories and legends

• maps and compasses

• shipbuilding and sailing strategies

• the alphabet they had invented

Which of the following did the Phoenicians need to trade for because it was a resource that they did NOT have in their country?

• silver

• glassware

• pottery

• cedar timber