Yaskul's Mighty Trade

In AD 110, lively commerce attracted merchants from east and west to the famous market in Bactra. What does commerce mean?

• a small space set back in a wall or room

• the buying and selling of products to make money

• something related to family or life at home

• a person, place or object that is unusual or interesting

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

Father points to a small alcove, a shelf we have carved in the wall. What does the word alcove mean?

• of the greatest or highest degree or amount

• major or sudden change that often creates problems or distress

• a small space set back in a wall or room

• speaking and writing a language well

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What remains are domestic coins. What does the word domestic mean?

• suffocating or extremely close

• a person, place or object that is unusual or interesting

• something related to family or life at home

• major or sudden change that often creates problems or distress

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

"your stones are now of the utmost importance, our only hope for a successful trade." What does the word utmost mean?

• the buying and selling of products to make money

• suffocating or extremely close

• a small space set back in a wall or room

• of the greatest or highest degree or amount

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Their exotic robes truly glow with color. What does the word exotic

• a person, place or object that is unusual or interesting

• speaking or writing a language well

• suffocating or extremely close

• major or sudden change that often creates problems or distress

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

I am amazed that he is so fluent in my language. What doe the word fluent mean?

• something related to family or life at home

• a person, place or object that is unusual or interesting

• speaking or writing a language well

• of the greatest or highest degree or amount

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CCSS.L.6.4A

I tell him of the upheaval caused today by the theft of our goods. What does the word upheaval mean?

• major or sudden change that often creates problems or distress

• suffocating or extremely close

• the buying and selling of products to make money

• something related to family or life at home

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Today's bright sun will make the stalls grow hot and stifling. What does the word stifling mean?

• something related to family or life at home

• a person, place or object that is unusual or interesting

• speaking or writing a language well

• suffocating or extremely close

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What text evidence is found in Yaskul's Mighty Trade that shows this is historical fiction?

Choose two answers

• Historical Setting

• Foreign language words

• Charts

• Diagrams

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A