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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.Britain buys cotton from abroad and sells cloth back. What does that create?
  • A.Complete independence
  • B.An end to trade
  • C.Each country depending on the other to keep the trade going
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.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
4.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
5.A mill in the valley spins imported cotton. What happens if the imports stop?
  • A.The mill has nothing to spin and the work stops
  • B.The mill spins wool automatically
  • C.Nothing changes
6.What is the gain from depending on trade?
  • A.People get goods their own country cannot make well or at all
  • B.Nobody has to work
  • C.Prices always rise
7.What is the risk of depending on trade?
  • A.Goods get heavier
  • B.Ships get slower
  • C.A problem far away can stop supplies at home
8.Why is interdependence a two-way relation?
  • A.Each country needs what the other sends, so both are exposed
  • B.Only one side gains
  • C.Neither side matters

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Answer key — Countries That Need Each Other

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

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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.