Chapter 3 section 4 The Phoenicians

What did the Phoenicians develop or create that is considered its most important?

• purple dye

• cedar toothpicks

• glass beads

• an alphabet

What modern-day country now sits on what used to be most of ancient Phoenicia?

• Saudi Arabia

• Egypt

• Lebanon

• Iran

What did the Phoenicians trade?

• purple cloth/dye

• cedar wood

• blown glass

• silverwork

What made the Phoenicians a powerful civilization?

• a strong army

• a weak navy

• trade

• copper weapons

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

an area ruled by a distant country

• colony
• navigation
• empire
• country

spreading of cultural traits from one region to another

• cultural change
• cultural shift
• cultural differences
• cultural diffusion

the word alphabet comes from the first two letters in the Greek alphabet - what are they?

• alpha and omega
• alpha and beta
• beta and zeta
• beta and sigma

What were some of the important natural resources available to the Phoenicians?

• clay and sand

• fresh water and minerals

• silver and gold

• snails and cedar trees