Mediterranean Civ, Phoenicians and Judaism

Snails containing a rich purple dye were collected by the shores of _________ on the Mediterranean Sea, made the ancient city of Tyre rich.

• Athens

• Tyre

• Ur

• Sumar

Tyre was a major city in _______________

• Mesopotamia

• Athens

• Asia Minor

• Phoenicia

The Phoenicians developed a set of symbols that represent the sounds of the language called.

• code

• cueniform

• alphabet

• heirogliphics

Phoenicians relied on __________ to help them conduct trade.

• numbers

• limited resources

• slaves

• writing

The Israelites originally came from ____________

• Sinai Peninsula

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• Asia Minor

A famine is:

• a time when there is so little food the people starve

• only certain crops grow during the season

• Greek alphabet

• number system

The Israelites resisted Assyrian rule. In response, the Assyrians exiled thousands of people. Exile means:

• to force people to live in another place or country

• nomads moving from place to place

• Christians in the Bible

• to follow the Torah

Much of what is known about the Israelites came from stories told in the

• code

• scriptures

• bible

• torah

According to Abraham, people should practice ________________, a belief in one God.

• polytheism

• monotheism

• bigotry

• atheism

Torah states that Abraham led the Israelites from Mesopotamia to __________________

• Canaan

• Asia Minor

• Greece

• Sanai Peninsula