The Phoenicians

Julie is making a list of facts about modern day Lebanon. She has listed: A population of 4 million, Islamic religion, capital is Beirut.... What else could she add to the list?

• Has large cedar forests

• Arabic is the official language

• has many rivers and lakes

• has never had a civil war

Which of the following are places that Phoenicians are believed to have established trade routes.

• The Mediterranean Sea

• Along the coast of Africa

• Along the coast of North America

• Along the coast of Antarctica

The purple dye the Phoenicians made came from ....

• berries

• tree sap

• ink from squids

• murex snails

What did the Phoenicians use to help them navigate while at sea?

• a compass

• sea creatures

• landmarks and stars

• Google Maps

What natural resource did the Phoenicians use to make glass?

• cedar trees

• water

• sand

• rocks

Why did the Phoenicians become sea traders and sailors instead of farmers?

• There wasn't enough land for farming.

• They had no animals to raise.

• They had no seeds to plant.

• Farming was too hard in the heat.

Robert Ballard discovered Phoenicians ships at the bottom of the sea near Israel. What other discovery did Robert Ballard make?

• The Periodic Table of Elements

• The Phoenician Alphabet

• The Lusitania

• The Titanic

Historians believe Hanno the Navigator was the first to circumnavigate Africa. What other explorer accomplished this feat?

• Vasco da Gama

• Marco Polo

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

Why are the Phoenicians called the "carriers of civilization"?

• They taught others how to sail.

• They taught others their alphabet

• They taught others how to make purple dye.

• They circumnavigated Africa.

What other resource was important to the success of the Phoenicians and was used in construction and even in the mummification process?

• Murex snails

• elephants

• the Cedar trees

• mud bricks