Sea trade: the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean monsoon routes
Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence
NameDate
Circle the best answer.
Esme reads trading colonies in the chain. What is a colony?
- A settlement started far from home
- A ship that carries goods
- A tax paid to a ruler
- A wall around a harbor
Jun reads sea routes in the chain. What is a sea route?
- A list of goods on a ship
- A chain of islands in a bay
- A path that ships follow
- A road that runs along the shore
Kira reads alphabet in the last box. What is an alphabet?
Use the picture in question 2.
- A map of the sea routes
- A set of letters used to write
- A list of goods sold in a port
- A song that sailors sing
Where does Tyre stand, by Luz's first chain?
- Far inland, away from the sea
- On the coast of today's Lebanon
- On an island in the middle of the sea
- On the coast of today's Tunisia
Which two colonies does Tyre found, by Milo's first chain?
Use the picture in question 4.
- Cadiz and Carthage
- Carthage and Beirut
- Tyre and Byblos
- Byblos and Cadiz
When did Phoenician ships begin using these routes, by Noah's second chain?
- From the 2nd century BCE
- From the 12th century CE
- From the 12th century BCE
- From the 1st century CE
Ren's first chain has a blank: what does Tyre become?
- A fort high in the hills
- A small fishing village
- The main center of sea and land trade
- A town cut off from the sea
Tala's second chain has a blank: what grows around the sea?
- A shared culture
- A wall around the sea
- One empire ruled from Tyre
- A new desert
Which way do the sea routes run from Tyre, by Zee's route note?
- West
- East
- North
- South
Where is Carthage, by Ari's route note?
Use the picture in question 9.
- On the coast of today's Tunisia
- On the coast of today's Lebanon
- Far inland in the desert
- In today's Spain