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A Town That Trades is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on trading between places, 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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A Town That Trades

D2.Eco.14.K-2

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1.Why does the town buy coal rather than dig it?
  • A.Coal is free elsewhere
  • B.There is no coal here, and there is coal elsewhere
  • C.Digging is banned
2.The town is inland. Why is there fish at the market?
  • A.Traders bring it from the coast
  • B.The river has sea fish
  • C.Fish walk inland
3.Why might a mill town depend on other places?
  • A.It had no money
  • B.It made one thing well and had to buy the rest
  • C.It disliked farming
4.The town wove cloth. What might it have sold elsewhere?
  • A.The cloth it made more of than it needed
  • B.Its river
  • C.Its census
5.What does a town gain by trading?
  • A.Free goods
  • B.A bigger square
  • C.Things it cannot make, in exchange for things it can
6.Boxwood came from far away for shuttles. Why?
  • A.Boxwood is hard and did not grow here in quantity
  • B.It was fashionable
  • C.Local wood was banned
7.The mill closed. What happened to the town's trade?
  • A.Trade was banned
  • B.It had less to sell and had to find something else
  • C.Nothing changed
8.Why is trade usually good for both towns?
  • A.One always loses
  • B.Each gets something it wants for something it has spare
  • C.It costs nothing

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Answer key — A Town That Trades

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.There is no coal here, and there is coal elsewhere
  2. 2.Traders bring it from the coast
  3. 3.It made one thing well and had to buy the rest
  4. 4.The cloth it made more of than it needed
  5. 5.Things it cannot make, in exchange for things it can
  6. 6.Boxwood is hard and did not grow here in quantity
  7. 7.It had less to sell and had to find something else
  8. 8.Each gets something it wants for something it has spare

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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.