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- 1. Multiple Choice
Where was Phoenicia located?
Mesopotamia
Along the Black Sea
Along the Mediterranean Sea
In Sumer
- 2. Multiple Choice
What little critter was very important to the Phoenicians?
clams
slugs
snails
shrimp
- 3. Multiple Choice
What were some of the important natural resources available to the Phoenicians?
clay and sand
fresh water and minerals
silver and gold
snails and cedar trees
- 4. Multiple Choice
Since this civilization of people lived near the sea, they became experts at...
sailing and trading
swimming and traveling
fishing and sailing
building boats and fishing
- 5. Multiple Choice
The Phoenicians created a new way of writing called...
Phonics
the Phoenician Alphabet
cursive cuneiform
pictographs
- 6. Multiple Choice
The Phoenicians dominated _______ trade across the Mediterranean.
land
all
sea
air
- 7. Multiple Choice
The Phoenicians location
Asia
Europe
Africa
Australia
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the Phoenicians share with other groups they met, which is important to us today?Stories and legendsMaps and compassesShipbuilding and sailing strategiesthe alphabet they had invented
- 9. Multiple Choice
The purple dye that the Phoenicians were famous for came from...
juice from berries.
liquid from snails.
a special kind of tree sap.
ink from squid.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is Phoenicia called today?
Libya
Lebanon
Israel
Mesopotamia
- 11. Multiple Choice
How many symbols did their writing system have?
22
26
28
32
- 12. Multiple Choice
Tyrian purple is the name of this product
rare and expensive dye
fine linen
metalworking
carved ivory
- 13. Multiple Choice
This was the largest colony founded by the Phoenicians
Cree
Rome
Athens
Carthage
- 14. Multiple Choice
The Phoenicians were from where?
Syria
Babylon
Sumer
Phoenicia
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the snail that produced the purple dye?
Garden Snail
Mediterranean Snail
Murex Snail
Phoenician Snail
- 16. Multiple Choicean area ruled by a distant countrycolonynavigationempirecountry
- 17. Multiple Choice
The Phoenicians used cedar trees to....
make paper
build their homes
build beautiful furniture
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the Phoenicians become sailors and traders instead of farmers?
farming was boring to them
there was not much land available for farmingthere was not enough rainfall for their cropsthey did not like farming - 19. Multiple ChoiceThe Phoenicians helped spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean area by
using ships to trade goods and ideas with other peoples.
Traveling by caravan across the lands westward .conquering all the lands west of the Persian Gulf.controlling the supply of a valuable purple dye. - 20. Multiple ChoicePhoenicians were able to control trade throughout the Mediterranean __________.by telling stories of monsters that lived in the deep water.by bribing other kings.by having warriors on their ships.by refusing to trade their purple dye.
- 21. Multiple Choice
Who was Hammurabi?
A king from Sumer who invented ham on rye
A king from Assyria who built the first public library
A king from Sumer who invented the first written language
A king from Babylonia who put laws into writing.
- 22. Fill in the Blank
The wheel was invented by the _____________________
- 23. Match
a Mesopotamian temple for the gods
ziggurat
the belief on more than one god
cuneiform
the first written language
code
a list of rules or laws
decipher
to decode or figure something out
polytheism
- 24. Multiple Choice
What is "Cultural Exchange"?
Trading goods
paying money for an item
exchanging ideas, news, and technology with other civilizations
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