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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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Circle the best answer.

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

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Answer key — Countries That Need Each Other

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  1. 1.The mill has nothing to spin and the work stops
  2. 2.Because another country can produce it more cheaply
  3. 3.Each country depending on the other to keep the trade going
  4. 4.People get goods their own country cannot make well or at all
  5. 5.A problem far away can stop supplies at home
  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.His trade depends on ships and on peace along the route

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.