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Countries That Need Each Other is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how trade creates interdependence, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.14.3-5. 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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Countries That Need Each Other

D2.Eco.14.3-5

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1.What is the gain from depending on trade?
  • A.People get goods their own country cannot make well or at all
  • B.Prices always rise
  • C.Nobody has to work
2.A mill in the valley spins imported cotton. What happens if the imports stop?
  • A.The mill spins wool automatically
  • B.Nothing changes
  • C.The mill has nothing to spin and the work stops
3.Britain buys cotton from abroad and sells cloth back. What does that create?
  • A.Each country depending on the other to keep the trade going
  • B.An end to trade
  • C.Complete independence
4.Why does a country import what it could grow itself?
  • A.Because another country can produce it more cheaply
  • B.Because farming is banned
  • C.Because imports are free
5.Tea comes from far away. What does that mean for the tea seller?
  • A.Tea grows in the valley
  • B.His trade depends on ships and on peace along the route
  • C.Ships are unnecessary
6.The railway carried imported goods inland. What did that widen?
  • A.The canal
  • B.The reach of foreign goods into places that had none before
  • C.The county boundary
7.Why is interdependence a two-way relation?
  • A.Only one side gains
  • B.Each country needs what the other sends, so both are exposed
  • C.Neither side matters
8.What is the risk of depending on trade?
  • A.A problem far away can stop supplies at home
  • B.Goods get heavier
  • C.Ships get slower

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Answer key — Countries That Need Each Other

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  1. 1.People get goods their own country cannot make well or at all
  2. 2.The mill has nothing to spin and the work stops
  3. 3.Each country depending on the other to keep the trade going
  4. 4.Because another country can produce it more cheaply
  5. 5.His trade depends on ships and on peace along the route
  6. 6.The reach of foreign goods into places that had none before
  7. 7.Each country needs what the other sends, so both are exposed
  8. 8.A problem far away can stop supplies at home

More practice for D2.Eco.14.3-5

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.14.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.