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lms C7 Phoenicians
lms Campbell Phoenician Quiz Study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where did the Phoenicians find grain and gold? | Grain: Egypt, Sicily Gold: Egypt, Africa |
| Where did the Phoenicians find oil and silver? | Greece and Spain |
| Where did the Phoenicians find salt? | Salt was important for perserving food. Found in Africa |
| Who were the Phoenicians decended from? | The Canaanites, in eastern end of Mediterranian Sea. |
| What are the Phoenicians known for doing the best? | The Phoenicians were the most successful traders (esp. sea traders) in the ancient world. |
| What were the main trading ports of the Phoenician empire? | Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos. |
| Who were the Phoenicians? | First Sea-going people. Expert sailors. |
| How were these cities protected? | Each city had strong wals around the city. |
| Wat was Byblos? | The first city of the Phonecians. |
| Byblos was a port city. What is a port city? | A city located along a body of water with a major harbor. |
| What did Byblos export? | Wood, especially CEDAR |
| What words do we get from Byblos? | Bible and Biblogoraphy |
| Why was Carthage such a good trading port? | Because it was in the middle of the Mediterranian. |
| Carthage begins as part of Phonecia, what happens to Carthage when Phonecia is destroyed? | Carthage becomes a unified empire of it own. |
| What Phoenician city was not located on the Mediterranean Sea? | Sidon |
| Who ruled the cities of Phonecia? | Each city was ruled by its own seperate king. |
| The Phoenicians were experts at what? | They were expert sailors. |
| What fine products were the Phoenicians known for making/crafting? | Ivory carvings, glass bottles and beads. |
| What did the Phoenicians use to make the very Expensive purple dye? | The Phoenicians used a shellfish called the murex to make the dye. |
| How did the Phoenicians get their name? | Phoenician is a Greek word meaning "Purple mem". |
| What became the most famous Phoenician trading post in the Mediterranean Sea? | Carthage became Phoenicia's most famous most famous trading port. |
| Where was Carthage located? | On the Mediterreanian coast of Northern Africa. |
| What was the Phoenician writing system like? | It was a simple writing system. -Just 22 letters in alaphabet. -letters/symobls based on sounds |
| Why is the Phoenician writing system/alphabet so important? | The Phoenician writing system was adopted by the Greeks and the __________ -Gradually became the alphabet we use today. |
| where did Phoenica establish colonies? | They had colonies in North Africa, Southern Spain, and on the islands of the Mediterranian. |
| The Phoenicians were part of a large ______ network. | Trade |
| What Phoenician city was not on the Mediterranean Sea? | Sidon |
| What was Sidon's main export? | Glass |
| What frequently happened to Sidon? | They were frequently conquered, destroyed and rebuilt---because they had money and had poor defenses. |
| What is Tyre? | One of the oldest Phoenician cities that made and exported purple dye. --A wealthy and protected city. |
| What happened to Phonecia? | Phonecia was conquered by the Assyrians. |
| What happened to Carthage after Phonecia fell? | After Phonecia fell, Carthage became its own unified empire. |
| Who conquered Carthage? | The Romans. |
| What grew around Byblos and was used for shipbuilding? | Cedar Trees |
| Why was cedar so suitable for shipbuilding? | It could be bent and it was water resistant. |
| How did the Phoenicians revolutionze navigation? | They were the first to use the North Star for navigation. |
| The Phoenicians were expert sailors, where did they sail? | The may have been the first to sail around |
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