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Why Buy From Abroad? is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on trading between countries, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.14.K-2. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Why Buy From Abroad?

D2.Eco.14.K-2

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1.A country grows more wheat than it needs. What might it do?
  • A.Hide it
  • B.Burn the extra
  • C.Sell some to countries that need it
2.Why does the greengrocer sell both local and far-away fruit?
  • A.Because signs look better
  • B.So people can buy things that do not grow here as well as things that do
  • C.To fill the shelves
3.Why do bananas travel so far?
  • A.They only grow in hot places
  • B.They like travelling
  • C.They ripen on ships only
4.Hill Farm sells apples to another town. What is that called?
  • A.Trade
  • B.Saving
  • C.Borrowing
5.A country has no tea plants. What can it do?
  • A.Go without tea forever
  • B.Grow tea in a cupboard
  • C.Buy tea from a country that grows it
6.Oranges come from Spain. Why not from Hill Farm?
  • A.Farmers do not like oranges
  • B.Hill Farm is too small
  • C.Oranges need more warmth than our fields get
7.What is trade?
  • A.Buying and selling between people or countries
  • B.Making rules
  • C.Growing food
8.How does trade help a shopper here?
  • A.It shortens the street
  • B.It makes food free
  • C.It gives them things that cannot be grown or made nearby

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Answer key — Why Buy From Abroad?

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  1. 1.Sell some to countries that need it
  2. 2.So people can buy things that do not grow here as well as things that do
  3. 3.They only grow in hot places
  4. 4.Trade
  5. 5.Buy tea from a country that grows it
  6. 6.Oranges need more warmth than our fields get
  7. 7.Buying and selling between people or countries
  8. 8.It gives them things that cannot be grown or made nearby

More practice for D2.Eco.14.K-2

Say why people in one country buy and sell with people in another.

Teaching this next? Why Buy From Abroad? is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.14.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.