LATER EMPIRES QUIZ

Where did the Phoenicians originate?

• Lebanon

• Israel

• Egypt

• Syria

What is the main thing the Phoenicians are famous for?

• inventing the first alphabet

• making purple-dyed cloth

• being great sailors

• creating a business empire

When attacked, what was the Phoenician ships' main weapon against enemy ships?

• Greek fire from a flamethrower

• a catapult

• arrows

• a bronze ram in the prow of the ship

Which of the following are true about the Phoenicians?

• they claim to have sailed around Africa

• They had colonies in Spain, Sardina, and North Africa

• They invented the compass

• They are supposedly the first people to use the North Star when they sailed

What kind of an empire did the Phoenicians create?

• a financial empire

• a cruel military empire

• a giant empire stretching from India to Africa

• a city-state

What natural resource did the Phoenicians have that they were able to sell far and wide?

• cedar wood

• clay bricks

• ivory

• olive oil

What was the main colony founded by the Phoenicians?

• Carthage

• Rome

• Athens

• Alexandria

Which civilization was famous for selling purple-dyed fabric for an exorbitant price?

• the Assyrians

• the Persians

• the Phoenicians

• the Chaldeans

What was the first empire to conquer both Mesopotamia and Egypt?

• the Assyrian Empire

• the Babylonian Empire

• the Persian Empire

• the Neo-Babylonian Empire

Which empire is famous for making this giant stone statue of a winged bull?

• the Assyrians

• the Persians

• the Phoenicians

• the Babylonians