WorksheetsThe Phoenicians
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3600secs
The Phoenicians used to live on a very narrow and long strip of land to the ______ of the Mediterranean Sea.
north
south
east
west
The area the Phoenicians used to live in is now called ______ .
Lebanon
Libya
Phoenicia
Luxembourg
The ______ made it difficult for the Phoenicians to grow their own crops.
crops
stones
mountains
cedar trees
The Phoenicians had a problem with finding ______ in the land they came from.
jewels
water
coal
copper
The Phoenicians' land was not very fertile so they decided to _________________________ to find more fertile land.
take to the seas
cut down the cedar trees
move close to a river
enrich the soil
What did the Phoenicians use the cedar trees for?
To build cabins
To build houses
To make fires
To build ships
Studying the constellation of stars helped the Phoenicians to _________________ .
plan their voyages well
see well at night
predict the future
become astronauts
Voyaging around helped the Phoenicians learn a lot about different cultures, especially about ______ and ______ .
the Italians and Greeks
the Italians and Egyptians
the Egyptians and Greeks
the Libyans and Egyptians
The Phoenicians did not always know the ______ of the people they traded with.
nationality
occupation
language
race
The Phoenicians soon became known for their construction of ships and built two types of ships called ______ _______ and _______ _______ .
cruise liners and war ships
sailing boats and trade ships
tankers and speed boats
war ships and trade ships
The Phoenicians were known to be very good at _______ .
dancing
singing
trading
farming
Which colour would you associate with the Phoenicians?
purple
blue
green
orange
The Phoenicians were associated with a certain colour because they found a way to produce this dye that was released by a type of ____________ .
snail
slug
sea snail
sea horse
The darker the colour of the dye the Phoenicians discovered, the __________ the cloth.
cheaper
dirtier
more expensive
heavier
This business of selling a certain dye was so __________ for the Phoenicians that they were even named after it.
successful
popular
complicated
dangerous
A colonialist is someone who ___________________ .
controls his own country
controls his own town
controls his own sea
controls other areas outside of his own country
The biggest colony the Phoenicians controlled, known
as Carthage, was found in _______ Africa.
Southern
Eastern
Northern
Western
The Phoenicians eventually became known as ______ .
Greeks
Romans
Carthaginians
Egyptians
Carthage became so important that it became ________________ the rest of the Phoenician population.
dependent on
independent from
a threat to
a blessing to
A country that now lies where Carthage used to lie is _______ .
England
Tunisia
Sweden
Turkey
