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6th grade Sea trade: the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean monsoon routes worksheet

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Sea trade: the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean monsoon routes

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Circle the best answer.

1.
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
2.
Jun reads sea routes in the chain. What is a sea route?
- A chain of islands in a bay
- A path that ships follow
- A list of goods on a ship
- A road that runs along the shore
3.
Kira reads alphabet in the last box. What is an alphabet?
Use the picture in question 2.
- A song that sailors sing
- A map of the sea routes
- A list of goods sold in a port
- A set of letters used to write
4.
Which two colonies does Tyre found, by Milo's first chain?
- Tyre and Byblos
- Byblos and Cadiz
- Cadiz and Carthage
- Carthage and Beirut
5.
When did Phoenician ships begin using these routes, by Noah's second chain?
- From the 1st century CE
- From the 2nd century BCE
- From the 12th century CE
- From the 12th century BCE
6.
Pia's first chain has a blank: what does Tyre found far away?
- Rival empires
- Trading colonies
- Mountain farms
- Desert roads
7.
Ren's first chain has a blank: what does Tyre become?
- A town cut off from the sea
- A small fishing village
- The main center of sea and land trade
- A fort high in the hills
8.
Tala's second chain has a blank: what grows around the sea?
- One empire ruled from Tyre
- A shared culture
- A wall around the sea
- A new desert
9.
Which way do the sea routes run from Tyre, by Zee's route note?
- North
- South
- East
- West
10.
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

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Sea trade: the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean monsoon routes. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

I can follow Phoenician traders from Tyre to their colonies and say why the Mediterranean linked so many places.
I can say which way the summer and winter monsoon winds blow and why sailors planned their voyages by the season.
I can read a Roman-era merchant's account to see how the monsoon set the month a ship left Egypt for India.

Standard: D2.Geo.7.6-8

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