Phoenician Culture Crossword

1. / When did the Romans adopt the Greek alphabet?
5. / The Lebanon _______ formed Phoenicia's Eastern boarders.
6. / What Phoenician City-state became very wealthy and powerful?
8. / What is the art of steering a ship from place to place?
9. / What form of communication did Phoenicia spread to other cultures?
11. / What were the general rulers of Phoenician city-states?
13. / What is a good or service produced within a country and sold outside that country's boarders?
15. / What is one way that Phoenician ships could be powered? (Hint: It is powered by wind)
16. / Phoenicians used trees to make wood _____.
17. / What is a small set of letters or symbols, each of which stands for a single sound?
19. / Egypt controlled parts of ________ on and off for many years beginning around 1500 B. C.

2. / What is an area ruled by a distant country?
3. / What word means to make a gain?
4. / Phoenician society developed from the early ________.
7. / Phoenician sailors developed a through _________ of wind patterns and ocean currents.
10. / What is a good or service sold within a country that is produced in a different country?
11. / What color was the dye that Phoenicians extracted from mollusks?
12. / What greatly influenced Phoenicia's development?
14. Diffusion / What is the spreading of cultural traits from one region to another?
18. / How did people learn the Phoenician alphabet?