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Where was Phoenicia located?
Mesopotamia
Along the Black Sea
Along the Mediterranean Sea
In Sumer
What little critter was very important to the Phoenicians?
clams
slugs
snails
shrimp
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
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
The Phoenicians created a new way of writing called...
Phonics
the Phoenician Alphabet
cursive cuneiform
pictographs
The Phoenicians dominated _______ trade across the Mediterranean.
land
all
sea
air
The Phoenicians location
Asia
Europe
Africa
Australia
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.
What is Phoenicia called today?
Libya
Lebanon
Israel
Mesopotamia
How many symbols did their writing system have?
22
26
28
32
Tyrian purple is the name of this product
rare and expensive dye
fine linen
metalworking
carved ivory
This was the largest colony founded by the Phoenicians
Cree
Rome
Athens
Carthage
The Phoenicians were from where?
Syria
Babylon
Sumer
Phoenicia
What was the name of the snail that produced the purple dye?
Garden Snail
Mediterranean Snail
Murex Snail
Phoenician Snail
The Phoenicians used cedar trees to....
make paper
build their homes
build beautiful furniture
farming was boring to them
using ships to trade goods and ideas with other peoples.
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.
The wheel was invented by the _____________________
to decode or figure something out | ziggurat | ||
a Mesopotamian temple for the gods | cuneiform | ||
the first written language | code | ||
the belief on more than one god | decipher | ||
a list of rules or laws | polytheism |
What is "Cultural Exchange"?
Trading goods
paying money for an item
exchanging ideas, news, and technology with other civilizations
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