Ancient Phoenicians

Trading colonies developed on the string of islands in the center of

• Africa

• the Mediterranean

• the Nile

• Europe

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

• compasses
• maps from earlier explorers
• landmarks and stars
• windsocks 

Historians believe that ancient Phoenicians established trade routes in all of the following areas except...

• along the coast of Europe
• along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea
• Along the coast of Africa
• Along the coast of North America

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

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.

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 dominated _______ trade across the Mediterranean.

• land
• all
• sea
• air

the art of steering a ship from place to place

• import
• navigation
• export
• colony

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