PHOENICIANS

1. Who were the Phoenicians?

2. Why did the Phoenicians turn to the seas?

3. What was Carthague?

4. What was the main legacy of the Phoenicians to world history?

5. Why was Phoenicia known for its purple?

6. How did Phoenicia’s location benefit it?

7. Why do we remember Phoenicia?

HEBREWS

Define those terms and use them in a sentence.

A) To mint:

B) Colony:

C) Covenant:

D) Famine:

E) Exile:

Are these sentences true or false? If they are false, correct them.

1. Hebrews were polytheistic just like Sumerians. ________________________________

2. The Torah are the first five books of the Old Testament in the Bible. _______________

3. According to the Torah, Abraham taught his people to believe in one god. __________

4. When the Hebrews left Mesopotamia, they settled in the land of Canaan. __________

5. Because of the war, they fled south to Egypt. _________________________________

6. God gave the Israelites (Hebrews) the Ten Commandments in the desert of the Sinai

peninsula. _________________________

7. Their first king, David, established the Israeli capital in the city of Jerusalem. ____________

8. Their kingdom split into Israel and Judah and was conquered by Assyrians. _____________

9. King Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the city of Judah and exiled the people of Judah to

Babylonia.

Look at the map and complete with the following information.

- Europe

- Greece

- Asia Minor (Turkey)

- Jerusalem

- Egypt

- Sinai Peninsula

- Africa

- Mediterranean sea

- Atlantic ocean

- Black sea

- Nile River

- Color the sea blue and

land tan. Then color

Phoenicia purple.

Read p. 49 in your History of our World book and explain how the Phoenicians controlled the sea far from Phoenicia.