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Phoenicians Hebrews Phoenicians

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Purple dye was made from?

a)

sea horse

b)

sea stars

c)

sea snail

d)

sea plants

2.

Phoenicia became the world's first?

a)

selling Empire

b)

trading Empire

c)

manufacturing Empire

d)

sea Empire

3.

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

4.
What did the Phoenicians share with other groups they met, which is important to us today?
a)
Stories and legends
b)
Maps and compasses
c)
Shipbuilding and sailing strategies
d)
the alphabet they had invented
5.

Which group was able to increase trade along rivers and seas, spreading their culture and alphabet?

a)

Babylonians

b)

Egyptians

c)

Phoenicians

d)

Persians

6.
The Hebrews religion was called?
a)
Judaism
b)
Islam
c)
Christianity
d)
Diaspora
7.

To escape slavery, Moses led the Hebrews out of

a)

Canaan

b)

Israel

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Egypt

8.

First group to practice monotheism

a)

Hebrews

b)

Phoenicians

c)

Babylonians

d)

Assyrians

9.

Who is the founder or father of Judaism?

a)

Abraham

b)

Messiah

c)

Canaan

d)

Joseph

10.

What was the "promised land" for the descendants of Abraham?

a)

Egypt

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Canaan

d)

Ur

11.

Zoroastrianism is what?

a)

Form of money

b)

Government

c)

City

d)

Religon

12.
Name of the first King of Persia?
a)
Zacharius
b)
Darius
c)
Alexander
d)
Nicholas
13.
What did the satraps do?
a)
They were Persian leaders
b)
They went around giving out presents
c)
They acted like governors and collected taxes
d)
They collected taxes independently
14.

The central belief of the Persian Religion centered around the idea of what?

a)

An eye for an eye

b)

Good versus evil

c)

Bad Choices

d)

The final judgement

15.

What physical structure connected the satraps of the Persian Empire.

a)

The Silk Road

b)

The Royal Road

c)

The Byzantine Byway

d)

The Persian Passages

16.

How did Persian rulers treat most of the people in lands that were taken into the empire?

a)

They forced the people to assimilate within the Persian culture.

b)

The Persian rulers imprisoned the citizens and sentenced many to death.

c)

They placed the citizens into slavery and worked them for the rest of their lives.

d)

They allowed them to keep their unique cultures, languages, and religions.