Lessons 26-28

Question 1

a small seal used to give authentication to a government document

Answer 1

signet

Question 2

an ancient warship with two files of oarsmen on each side

Answer 2

bireme

Question 3

a ring or stone that has magical powers to bring good luck

Answer 3

talisman

Question 4

Phoenician princess who married Ahab, king of Israel

Answer 4

Jezebel

Question 5

Identify Phoenicia on the map below

Answer 5

C

Question 6

chief of god of the Phoenicians; also called Moloch by Canaanites

Answer 6

Baal

Question 7

to publicly declare wrong or evil

Answer 7

denounce

Question 8

payment made from one nation or ruler to another as a sign of dependence

Answer 8

tribute

Question 9

land mass to the west of ancient nations

Answer 9

Europe

Question 10

king of Israel; married to Jezebel

Answer 10

Ahab

Question 11

to win the favor of a god by doing something that pleases him

Answer 11

propitiate

Question 12

nation on Aegean Sea; empire followed the Persians

Answer 12

Greece

Question 13

city in Phoenicia

Answer 13

Tyre

Question 14

prophet in Israel who denounced Baal

Answer 14

Elijah

Question 15

“A silver bowl well wrought, by Sidon’s artists cunningly adorned, borne by Phoenicians o’er the dark blue sea.”

Answer 15

Homer

Question 16

a set of letters or symbols in a fixed order to represent the sounds of a language

Answer 16

alphabet

Question 17

Identify Tyre on the map below.

Answer 17

B

Question 18

body of water that borders Phoenicia to the west

Answer 18

Mediterranean Sea

Question 19

Identify Sidon on the map below.

Answer 19

A

Question 20

mechanism consisting of ropes, pulley block, hooks, or other things for lifting heavy objects

Answer 20

tackling