Unit 1 

: Ancient Civilizations
Lesson: Phoenician Civilization

I/ Before you Listen: How much do you know?

Circle the letter that best completes the statement.
1 The Phoenician were people that lived…
a) The northern part of Canaan.
b) The northern part of Egypt.
c) The northern part of Andalusia.
2 Phoenicia was a collection of independent of city-states the largest of which were…
a) Tunisia and Icosium.
b) Tyre, Byblos, Beirut, Carthage and Sidon.
c) Hippo and Sumer.
3 “Phoenicians” means …
a) Of green merchants.
b) Of green merchants.
c) Of red merchants.

II / While you Listen: 1. listen and complete the blanks in the box.

Were skillful….…………..and …………..........

brought us the…………………………..

The Phoenicians…
Used to live in the…………….. what is known today
Led a ……………………………….life in the desert
as……………..

2. Complete the blanks in the statements below using the opposite of words in
brackets.
(Earlier)……………….., Phoenicians began to wander endlessly over the (land) ………………they
were much (more) …………………famous as traders and seamen as (modern)………………Greeks. For
quite long time, they kept to the coasts and (accepted) ……………..to sail out into the open
Mediterranean. But by 1000 BC they sailed from one end of the Mediterranean to the other, bartering
their goods everywhere.
3. Phoenicians inventions and achievements.
 Which of the following is Not a Phoenician invention. Circle the correct letter
a) farming b) the purple dye c) the plow
d) glass e) toys f) the chariot
e) cedar lumber traders g) the arch h) alphabetic writing

III/ After you watch: Write a synopsis of the video using the notes above.