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Far Away, Felt at Home is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how events elsewhere affect people here, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.12.3-5. It prints 2 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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Far Away, Felt at Home

D2.Geo.12.3-5

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Draw a line from each event to what it caused here.

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Answer key — Far Away, Felt at Home

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A war closing a trade route — A (Tea and cotton grow scarce and dear) 2. A drought in a distant grain country — D (Bread costs more in the valley) 3. A flood ruining a cotton crop abroad — B (The mill runs short and workers lose hours) 4. A new railway in another county — C (Goods reach the valley cheaper from further away)
  2. 2.1. A good harvest across the country — B (Flour is cheap and bread prices fall) 2. A storm wrecking ships in the channel — D (Imported goods are delayed and prices rise) 3. A disease among cattle in the next county — C (Movement is stopped and the market is closed) 4. A mine disaster elsewhere — A (Coal is scarce and its price climbs)

More practice for D2.Geo.12.3-5

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.12.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.