Grade 6 · Social studies
Read evidence about long-distance trade networks
Distinguish evidence of goods moving, ideas spreading and limits of a trade-network source.
6 authored questions + worked example
Worked example
An analysis identifies a bead found in Town B as made from stone originating near Town A. What does this support?
Answer & why
Answer: movement of goods
The material moved between regions, although the full route and carriers are not established.
All questions
All 6 authored questions for this skill.
Question 1
One imported bowl is found, but no record identifies its carriers. What does the missing carrier information represent?
- a limit of the evidence
- an environmental travel constraint
- spread of an idea or technique
- movement of goods
A hint
Identify exactly what each source or artifact shows.
Answer & why
Answer: a limit of the evidence
The bowl’s presence does not establish who moved it.
Question 2
A route passes through mountains where winter snow blocks a pass. What factor is described?
- an environmental travel constraint
- movement of goods
- spread of an idea or technique
- a limit of the evidence
A hint
Identify exactly what each source or artifact shows.
Answer & why
Answer: an environmental travel constraint
Seasonal conditions limit when that route can be used.
Question 3
A cargo list records cloth sent from one port to another. What is directly documented?
- a limit of the evidence
- spread of an idea or technique
- movement of goods
- an environmental travel constraint
A hint
Identify exactly what each source or artifact shows.
Answer & why
Answer: movement of goods
The list provides evidence of cloth moving between ports.
Question 4
A researcher cannot determine whether a traded jar was a gift or a sale. What is this?
- an environmental travel constraint
- movement of goods
- spread of an idea or technique
- a limit of the evidence
A hint
Identify exactly what each source or artifact shows.
Answer & why
Answer: a limit of the evidence
The object alone does not settle the terms of its transfer.
Question 5
An analysis identifies a bead found in Town B as made from stone originating near Town A. What does this support?
- movement of goods
- an environmental travel constraint
- spread of an idea or technique
- a limit of the evidence
A hint
Identify exactly what each source or artifact shows.
Answer & why
Answer: movement of goods
The material moved between regions, although the full route and carriers are not established.
Question 6
A pottery technique appears in several towns after contact between their craft workers is documented. Which process is being investigated?
- a limit of the evidence
- an environmental travel constraint
- spread of an idea or technique
- movement of goods
A hint
Identify exactly what each source or artifact shows.
Answer & why
Answer: spread of an idea or technique
The question concerns how knowledge of a technique moved between communities.
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