Phoenicians

The Phoenicians were the first people to create what?

• writing
• goverment
• alphabet
• cedar wood

The Phoenicians dominated _______ trade across the Mediterranean.

• land
• all
• sea
• air

What was the name of the snail that produced the purple dye?

• Garden Snail
• Mediterranean Snail
• Murex Snail
• Phoenician Snail

a good or service that is from another country and sold inside your country

• import
• export

a good or service that is from your country and sold/traded to another country

• import 
• export

What did the Phoenicians do to maintain control of the Mediterranean?

• defeated others in war
• told scary stories
• sunk the competitors ships
• explained navigation to others

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.

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.