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The Phoenicians

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

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1.

The Phoenicians used to live on a very narrow and long strip of land to the ______ of the Mediterranean Sea.

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

2.

The area the Phoenicians used to live in is now called ______ .

a)

Lebanon

b)

Libya

c)

Phoenicia

d)

Luxembourg

3.

The ______ made it difficult for the Phoenicians to grow their own crops.

a)

crops

b)

stones

c)

mountains

d)

cedar trees

4.

The Phoenicians had a problem with finding ______ in the land they came from.

a)

jewels

b)

water

c)

coal

d)

copper

5.

The Phoenicians' land was not very fertile so they decided to _________________________ to find more fertile land.

a)

take to the seas

b)

cut down the cedar trees

c)

move close to a river

d)

enrich the soil

6.

What did the Phoenicians use the cedar trees for?

a)

To build cabins

b)

To build houses

c)

To make fires

d)

To build ships

7.

Studying the constellation of stars helped the Phoenicians to _________________ .

a)

plan their voyages well

b)

see well at night

c)

predict the future

d)

become astronauts

8.

Voyaging around helped the Phoenicians learn a lot about different cultures, especially about ______ and ______ .

a)

the Italians and Greeks

b)

the Italians and Egyptians

c)

the Egyptians and Greeks

d)

the Libyans and Egyptians

9.

The Phoenicians did not always know the ______ of the people they traded with.

a)

nationality

b)

occupation

c)

language

d)

race

10.

The Phoenicians soon became known for their construction of ships and built two types of ships called ______ _______ and _______ _______ .

a)

cruise liners and war ships

b)

sailing boats and trade ships

c)

tankers and speed boats

d)

war ships and trade ships

11.

The Phoenicians were known to be very good at _______ .

a)

dancing

b)

singing

c)

trading

d)

farming

12.

Which colour would you associate with the Phoenicians?

a)

purple

b)

blue

c)

green

d)

orange

13.

The Phoenicians were associated with a certain colour because they found a way to produce this dye that was released by a type of ____________ .

a)

snail

b)

slug

c)

sea snail

d)

sea horse

14.

The darker the colour of the dye the Phoenicians discovered, the __________ the cloth.

a)

cheaper

b)

dirtier

c)

more expensive

d)

heavier

15.

This business of selling a certain dye was so __________ for the Phoenicians that they were even named after it.

a)

successful

b)

popular

c)

complicated

d)

dangerous

16.

A colonialist is someone who ___________________ .

a)

controls his own country

b)

controls his own town

c)

controls his own sea

d)

controls other areas outside of his own country

17.

The biggest colony the Phoenicians controlled, known

as Carthage, was found in _______ Africa.

a)

Southern

b)

Eastern

c)

Northern

d)

Western

18.

The Phoenicians eventually became known as ______ .

a)

Greeks

b)

Romans

c)

Carthaginians

d)

Egyptians

19.

Carthage became so important that it became ________________ the rest of the Phoenician population.

a)

dependent on

b)

independent from

c)

a threat to

d)

a blessing to

20.

A country that now lies where Carthage used to lie is _______ .

a)

England

b)

Tunisia

c)

Sweden

d)

Turkey