WorksheetsThe Phoenicians
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Julie is making a list of facts about modern day Lebanon. She has listed: A population of 4 million, Islamic religion, capital is Beirut.... What else could she add to the list?
Has large cedar forests
Arabic is the official language
has many rivers and lakes
has never had a civil war
Which of the following are places that Phoenicians are believed to have established trade routes.
The Mediterranean Sea
Along the coast of Africa
Along the coast of North America
Along the coast of Antarctica
The purple dye the Phoenicians made came from ....
berries
tree sap
ink from squids
murex snails
What did the Phoenicians use to help them navigate while at sea?
a compass
sea creatures
landmarks and stars
Google Maps
What natural resource did the Phoenicians use to make glass?
cedar trees
water
sand
rocks
Why did the Phoenicians become sea traders and sailors instead of farmers?
There wasn't enough land for farming.
They had no animals to raise.
They had no seeds to plant.
Farming was too hard in the heat.
Robert Ballard discovered Phoenicians ships at the bottom of the sea near Israel. What other discovery did Robert Ballard make?
The Periodic Table of Elements
The Phoenician Alphabet
The Lusitania
The Titanic
Historians believe Hanno the Navigator was the first to circumnavigate Africa. What other explorer accomplished this feat?
Vasco da Gama
Marco Polo
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Why are the Phoenicians called the "carriers of civilization"?
They taught others how to sail.
They taught others their alphabet
They taught others how to make purple dye.
They circumnavigated Africa.
What other resource was important to the success of the Phoenicians and was used in construction and even in the mummification process?
Murex snails
elephants
the Cedar trees
mud bricks
