Sea trade: the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean monsoon routes

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.

1. 1.

   Esme reads trading colonies in the chain. What is a colony?

   • A settlement started far from home
   • A wall around a harbor
   • A tax paid to a ruler
   • A ship that carries goods
2. 2.

   Kira reads alphabet in the last box. What is an alphabet?

   • A list of goods sold in a port
   • A set of letters used to write
   • A song that sailors sing
   • A map of the sea routes
4. 3.

   Where does Tyre stand, by Luz's first chain?

   • On an island in the middle of the sea
   • Far inland, away from the sea
   • On the coast of today's Lebanon
   • On the coast of today's Tunisia
5. 4.

   Which two colonies does Tyre found, by Milo's first chain?

   Use the picture in question 3.

   • Tyre and Byblos
   • Carthage and Beirut
   • Byblos and Cadiz
   • Cadiz and Carthage
6. 5.

   When did Phoenician ships begin using these routes, by Noah's second chain?

   • From the 12th century BCE
   • From the 12th century CE
   • From the 2nd century BCE
   • From the 1st century CE
7. 6.

   Pia's first chain has a blank: what does Tyre found far away?

   • Mountain farms
   • Desert roads
   • Trading colonies
   • Rival empires
8. 7.

   Ren's first chain has a blank: what does Tyre become?

   • A small fishing village
   • A town cut off from the sea
   • A fort high in the hills
   • The main center of sea and land trade
9. 8.

   Tala's second chain has a blank: what grows around the sea?

   • A wall around the sea
   • A shared culture
   • A new desert
   • One empire ruled from Tyre
11. 9.

    Which way do the sea routes run from Tyre, by Zee's route note?

    • West
    • North
    • East
    • South
12. 10.

    Where is Carthage, by Ari's route note?

    Use the picture in question 9.

    • On the coast of today's Tunisia
    • In today's Spain
    • Far inland in the desert
    • On the coast of today's Lebanon