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A District That Does One Thing is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on why places specialize and then trade, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.4.3-5. 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 students 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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A District That Does One Thing

D2.Eco.4.3-5

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1.What must exist before a district can live by one trade?
  • A.A reliable way to trade for everything else it needs
  • B.A large population
  • C.Good weather
2.Why does a mason emigrate rather than take mill work?
  • A.Mills refuse masons
  • B.Masons dislike cotton
  • C.His skill is worth more where building is going on
3.What is the risk the region took by specializing in cotton?
  • A.Cotton is flammable
  • B.Frames wear out
  • C.When cotton grew dear, the whole district's wages fell
4.Why did the mill district spin cotton it could not grow?
  • A.Cotton grows in mills
  • B.Growing was forbidden
  • C.It had the frames, the skill and the power, and traded for the cotton
5.The region imported 22,000 tons of grain. What does that show?
  • A.Farmers were idle
  • B.Grain will not grow
  • C.It specialized away from growing its own food
6.Why does specializing need a harbor or a railway?
  • A.Ships are pleasant
  • B.Because what you do not make must be brought in
  • C.Rails are modern
7.Why did the harbor district handle cargo rather than make cloth?
  • A.It had deep water, so moving goods was what it did best
  • B.Harbors cannot weave
  • C.Cloth is heavy
8.Why did the uplands not specialize successfully?
  • A.Nobody tried
  • B.It had no way to move enough of one thing to a market
  • C.Uplands are cold

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Answer key — A District That Does One Thing

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  1. 1.A reliable way to trade for everything else it needs
  2. 2.His skill is worth more where building is going on
  3. 3.When cotton grew dear, the whole district's wages fell
  4. 4.It had the frames, the skill and the power, and traded for the cotton
  5. 5.It specialized away from growing its own food
  6. 6.Because what you do not make must be brought in
  7. 7.It had deep water, so moving goods was what it did best
  8. 8.It had no way to move enough of one thing to a market

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.4.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.