Sea trade: the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean monsoon routes

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. 1.

   Hippalus learns to lay a course across the ocean, in Ren's first chain. Which two effects follow?

   • Ships sail straight across, and the wind is named for him
   • Ships keep to the coast, and the wind is left without any name
   • Ships sail straight across, and the pilot is forgotten
   • Ships sail by oar, and the wind is named for a port
2. 2.

   Which box in Tala's second chain has two arrows going out?

   • Ships bound for India leave Egypt about July
   • Late ships wait out the winter at Moscha
   • The merchant names the month to sail
   • The yearly monsoon winds decide when ships can sail
3. 3.

   Large ships come for pepper, in Zee's third chain. What do ships bring, and what do they carry away?

   • Bring coin and glass; carry away nothing
   • Bring pepper and pearls; carry away coin and glass
   • Bring coin and glass; carry away pepper and pearls
   • Bring nothing; carry away silk alone
4. 4.

   Which sentence about Hippalus is careful, Ari asks?

   • The wind began to blow because he first sailed straight into it
   • Historians know where he was born
   • No ship had ever crossed the ocean before him
   • The text says he was first to learn the straight course
5. 5.

   Which claim about sailing from Egypt is careful, Bo asks?

   • The text says ships left about July
   • Ships left on one fixed day each year
   • Ships left in any month alike
   • The winds did not matter to sailing dates
6. 6.

   Which claim about pepper is careful, Esme asks?

   • Pepper grew in large amounts across the whole of India
   • Ships carried pepper and no other goods
   • The pepper went to a single city
   • The text says it grew in one district nearby
7. 7.

   By Kira's chain and route note, which Egyptian month name goes with July?

   • Thoth
   • Tybi
   • Epiphi
   • Pachon
8. 8.

   By Luz's chain and route note, where does Muziris stand?

   • On an island far out at sea, away from any river
   • Beside a wide salt desert
   • On a river, a short way up from the sea
   • At the foot of a mountain pass
9. 9.

   Milo's note says, "Hippalus learned to sail close along the shore." Which fix is right?

   • Change it: he learned a straight course across
   • Change "Hippalus" to "Cottonara"
   • Change "shore" to "river"
   • Leave it: sailing close along the shore was his big idea
10. 10.

    Noah's note says, "Ships left Egypt for India in January." Which fix is right?

    • Leave it: the winds blow in January
    • Change "Egypt" to "Moscha"
    • Change "January" to "October"
    • Change "January" to "July"