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From Nur to The Phoenicians
Questions in this quiz (18)
1The Phoenicians were from the Lebanon
- ATrue
- BFalse
2Which color made famous the Phoenicians?
- ABlue
- BRed
- CBlack
3What was it from?
- Acedar
- Bcucumber
- Cshellfish
- Acedar
4What does the Phoenician word mean?
- Agreen
- Bred
5What is the most important invention made by the Phoenicians?
- Aalphabet
- Bpurple
- Cceded
- Aalphabet
6In Cagliari, in the Tuvixeddu hill (Tuvu in Sardinian means "cavity") there is the largest necropolis in the Mediterranean. In your opinion, what does the word necropolis mean?
- Ablack city
- Bcity of the dead
- Cunderground city
7It was a Phoenician-Punic sanctuary in the open, consisting of a consecrated area where they were collected in urns (“pingiadas” in Sardinian) the burned remains of the sacrifices and children burials with a nearby stele. What are their names?
- ATofet
- BZiggurat
- CDolmen
- ATofet
8Which of these cities don’t have Phoenician origins?
- AKaralis
- BNora
- CBithia
- DTharros
- ESulcis
- FOlbia
9What was the name of the Phoenician God, often mentioned in the Holy Bible, because of the fact that the children of Israel venerated their idols?
- ABaal
- BZeus
- CHorus
- ABaal
10How many vowels did the Phoenician have?
- A3 vowels
- B5 vowels
- Cnone
11Why? IT WAS A CONSONANTIC ALPHABET!!!
- ATrue
- BFalse
12What was the name of the Great Phoenician and Canaanite Mother, partner or wife of Baal, linked to fertility, fertility and war?
- AIshtar
- BAstarte
- CAphrodite
- AIshtar
13It was also on the national flag, which tall plant grows on the mountains of the current Lebanon, the nit was inhabited by the Phoenicians?
- Asequoia
- Bcedar
- Clarch
- Asequoia
14What was the name of the city that the Phoenicians founded in present-day Tunisia? Carthage
- ATrue
- BFalse
15With what the Phoenicians used to sail: Polar Star or compass?
- APolar Star
- BCompass
- APolar Star
16The Phoenician-Punic necropolis of Tuvixeddu is one of the largest in the Mediterranean. In which city is it?
- ATharros
- BCagliari
- CS. Antioco
- DAlghero
- ATharros
17Sulcis is the territory of Sardinia in the south-west of the island which takes its name from the ancient Phoenician city of Sulki or Sulci.
What is this ancient city currently called?- ACarbonia
- BIglesias
- CSant'Antioco
- ACarbonia
18According to the biblical tradition, Canaan was the nephew of Noah who also gave the name to the region that included the current Israel, Lebanon, part of Syria and Jordan. Which of the three sons of Noah was the descendant of the Phoenicians?
- ASem
- BCam
- CIafet
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- A Mediterranean journey starting from the populations of the first inhabitants of Sardinia, the Nuragic, the Phoenicians and the Punic
- Author
- Gianni Aresu
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- English
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