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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 7. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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.