Those Awesome Phoenicians!

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1. Where did the Phoenicians live? Persia Egypt Syria-Palestine Mesopotamia

2. The Phoenician city of Byblos was an important trade center for what product? glass textiles papyrus pottery

3. What important item came from the Lebanon Mountains? slaves cedar tin textiles

4. According to Herodotus, the Phoenicians traveled as far away as? Britain the southern tip of Africa Greece the Crimea

5. Which of these cities was the most important Phoenician colony? Carthage Tyre Sidon Beirut

6. The Phoenicians made a purplish dye from a sea anemone. True False

7. From which language is the name "Phoenician" derived? Latin Greek Moabite Hebrew

8. The Phoenician alphabet has been termed "abjad." What does that mean? The script contains no vowels The script is based on hieroglyphic symbols The script is based on cuneiform All of these

9. How many characters were in the Phoenician alphabet? 22 78 500+ 222

10. In addition to the contribution of the alphabet, the Phoenicians are considered to be the first great navigators of the Western world. True False