Lesson 2.4 Quiz: The Phoenicians

Phoenician society developed from the earlier _____, a people who lived in parts of what are now Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.

• Egyptians

• Canaanites

• Romans

• Assyrians

What do we call a group of people organized for a purpose?

How did Phoenicians turn thier imports of raw materials into exports?

Due to their proximity to the sea, the Phoenicians became experts at....

• making compasses

• swimming

• navigation

• filtering water

_____ describes the spreading of cultural traits from one place to another.

What was the cultural legacy of the Phoenicians?

Who adopted the Phoenician alphabet?

• Syrians

• Egyptians

• Romans

• Greeks

Explain how the evolution of language impacted the number of people who could read and write,

What was the name of the writing system that the Phoenician alphabet replaced?

• uniform

• cuneiform

• pictographs

• cave drawings

How did Phoenicia's location allow Phoenicians to more easily make contact with other cultures?