CH 3-3 Seafaring Traders

A seafaring and trading people that lived on the island of Crete from about 2000 to 14000 b.c. who dominated trade?

• Egyptians

• Babylonians

• Syrians

• Minoans

What was the Minoan capital?

• Knossos

• Athens

• Italy

Who were the Phoenicians? (Multiple answers)

• Gods

• Known to have established trading posts

• People who fished for a living

• Seafaring people of Southwest Asia who began to trade and establish colonies in the Mediterranean area

Phoenicia is now known as ______?

• Mesopotamia

• Seafaring

• Lebanon

• Babylonia

Bull-leaping may have served all the following purposes except

• a. entertainment.

• b. religious ritual.

• c. training for warriors.

• d. preparation of bulls for sacrifice

After Crete’s decline, the most powerful traders along the Mediterranean were the

• a. Aryans.

• b. Minoans.

• c. Africans.

• d. Phoenicians.

The Phoenician writing system was based on

• a. pictographs.

• b. phonetics.

• c. cuneiform.

• d. hieroglyphics.

Popular Phoenician trade items included

• a. obsidian products and religious artifacts.

• b. cotton cloth and wool.

• c. gold, wine, and cotton cloth.

• d. papyrus, purple cloth, and cedar

One significant Phoenician contribution to learning was

• a. the writing of many religious texts.

• b. their enhanced system of numbers.

• c. the development of an alphabet.

• d. the training of many learned scholars.

The Minotaur was...

• half-man and half-dolphin

• half-bird and half man

• half-horse and half-man

• half-bull and half-man