Trade
The Lydians
The Phoenicians
Inventions
Random
100
The buying and selling of goods
Commerce
100
Where were the Lydians located?
Northwestern Asia Minor
100
There were this many characters in the Phoenician alphabet.
22
100
How was the Phoenician alphabet different from cuneiform and hieroglyphics?
The symbols stood for sounds--not words
100
Give one example of a push factor.
War, Disease, lack of food
200
Two major items that were traded by the Phoenicians.
Gold, Perfume, Glass, Dye
200
The Lydians were most famous for
Inventing coined money
200
The name Phoenicia means this
Purple Merchants
200
How was the invention of the alphabet important to trade?
The alphabet made communication easier.
200
Which two rivers ran through Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
300
Known for being the most famous traders on the Mediterranean
Phoenicians
300
These people conquered the Lydians in 545 BC
The Persians
300
How the Phoenician sailors plotted their courses
They used the stars
300
List the three things that the Phoenicians were famous for
Purple Dye, the alphabet, trade on the Mediterranean
300
What is the difference between a monsoon and a hurricane
Monsoons happen in the Indian Ocean and Hurricanes happen in the Atlantic.
400
The item that the Phoenicians had that was in great demand
Purple Dye
400
The Lydians spread their use of coined money through this
Trade
400
Where was ancient Phoenicia?
A narrow strip of land that is now the coastal area of Lebanon and the northern part of Israel
400
Lebanon's natural barriers:
Lebanon mountains and the Mediterranean
400
Name one of Mrs. Verret's children.
Jonathan, Chase, Hunter, Austyn, Autumn Grandkids: Molly Sue and Bentley
500
Another term for the spreading of culture through trade
Cultural Diffusion
500
The peninsula in Southwestern Turkey that forms the Asian part of Turkey
Asia Minor
500
Identify two groups of people who would be later influenced by the Phoenicians.
Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans
500
Why did the Phoenicians lose power to the Assyrians?
The Assyrians had iron weapons and an advanced military.
500
Name the teacher that is Mrs. Verret's neighbor
Mrs. Archangel
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