Travel
Historians believe that ancient Phoenicians established trade routes in all of the following areas except ____.
A) along the coast of Europe
B) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea
C) along the coast of Africa
D) along the coast of North America
D) along the coast of North America
The purple dye that the Phoenicians were famous for came from ____.
A) juice from berries
B) liquid from spiral snails
C) a special kind of tree sap
D) ink from squids
B) liquid from spiral snails
PRESENT-DAY Lebanon:
- 4 million people live there
- a democratic republic whose capital is Beirut
- most residents follow Islam
- located between Israel and Syria
Which fact about present-day Lebanon BEST fits with the facts above?
A) Arabic is the official language
B) famous for its large forests of cedar
C) has many rivers and lakes for navigation
D) has never had a civil war
A) Arabic is the official language
What famous historical figures may have used purple dye from the Phoenicians (and how did they use it)? Why was its use mostly limited to wealthy people?
- Cleopatra supposedly displayed a purple sail on her ship.
- Nero passed a law saying that only he, the emperor, could wear purple.
- Purple cloth was extremely expensive because of the many snails needed to make it, and only the wealthy and royalty could afford it
- This more recent: has anyone heard of Prince? (singer) He was known for wearing purple.
What were the Phoenicians' most important tools for finding their way on their trading voyages?
A) compasses
B) maps from earlier explorers
C) landmarks and stars
D) wind socks
What natural resource did the Phoenicians use to make glass?
A) cedar trees
B) water
C) sand
D) rocks
C) sand
Why did the Phoenicians become sailors and traders instead of farmers?
A) There were no rivers for irrigation of crops
B) There was not much land available for farming.
C) There was not enough rainfall in their area for crops.
D) They did not like farming.
B) There was not much land available for farming.
Which Phoenician city was a center of bookmaking?
Byblos
Even though historians now believe that Hanno may have been the first to sail around the entire coast of Africa, which explorer is usually given credit for this feat?
A) Christopher Columbus
B) Ferdinand Magellan
C) Marco Polo
D) Vasco da Gama
D) Vasco da Gama
Which of the following did the Phoenicians need to trade for because it was a resource that they did NOT have in their country
A) silver
B) glassware
C) pottery
D) cedar timber
A) silver
The Phoenicians spread stories of sea monsters to discourage which people from competing with them along their trade routes?
A) the Assyrians
B) the Greeks
C) the Egyptians
D) the Babylonians
B) the Greeks
The Phoenicians sailed to this country for tin.
Great Britain
What did the Phoenicians share with everyone they met as they traveled, which made an important contribution to people today?
A) stories and legends
B) maps and compasses
C) shipbuilding and sailing strategies
D) the alphabet they had invented
D) the alphabet they had invented
Where did the Phoenicians live and when?
The eastern shores of the Mediterranean around 1100 B.C.E
Which animals did the Phoenicians bring on their travels and why?
They brought cats to trade and to help keep the rats on their ships under control. Those they traded with preferred white cats, while the Phoenicians preferred orange-stripped tomcats.
Why did the Phoenicians establish colonies all along the Mediterranean Sea?
- to have a home away from home
- to repair their ships
- to get fresh food and water
Spain