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WorksheetsThe People of Phoenicia
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which of the following did the Phoenicians need to trade for because it was a resource that they did not have in their country?
silver
glassware
pottery
cedar timber
Use the web and what you know to answer this question.
Which fact about present-day Lebanon best fits in the web above?
Arabic is the offical language
famous for its large forests of ceder
has many rivers and lakes for navigation
has never had a civil war
What natural resource did the Phoenicians use to make glass?
cedar trees
water
sand
rocks
The Phoenicians spread stories of sea monsters to discourage which people from competing with them along their trade routes?
the Assyrians
the Greeks
the Egyptians
the Babylonians
What were the Phoenicians' most important tools for finding their way on their trading voyages?
compasses
maps from earlier explorers
landmarks and stars
wind socks
Historians believe that ancient Phoenicians established trade routes in all of the following areas except _________.
along the coast of Europe
along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea
along the coast of Africa
along the coast of North America
Even though historians now believe that Hanno may have been the first to sail around the entire coast of Africa, which explorer is usually given credit for this feat?
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Marco Polo
Vasco da Gama
The purple dye that the Phoenicians were famous for came from _________.
juice from berries
liquid from spiral snails
a special kind of tree sap
ink from squids
What did the Phoenicians share with everyone they met as they traveled, which made an important contribution to people today?
stories and legends
maps and compasses
shipbuilding and sailing strategies
the alphabet they had invented
Why did the Phoenicians become sailors and traders instead of farmers?
There were no rivers for irrigation of crops.
There was not much land available for farming.
There was not enough rainfall in their area for crops.
They did not like farming.
3, 4, 5, _____
