A Failure Overseas, a Wage Cut Here 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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A Failure Overseas, a Wage Cut Here
D2.Geo.12.3-5
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Draw a line from each event to what it caused here.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Disease among cattle in a neighbouring region
A storm wrecking vessels far offshore
A war closing a sea route
New farmland opened on another continent
A.Cotton grows dear and mill wages are cut
B.Grain floods in and upland farming collapses
C.Cargo is delayed and prices climb
D.Markets close and meat is scarce here
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A boom in shipbuilding abroad
A financial panic in a distant capital
A cheaper canal route opening elsewhere
A crop failure in a grain-exporting country
A.Shippers bypass this harbour and dues fall
B.Loans dry up and new mills are not built
C.Timber prices rise on the harbour's quay
D.Bread costs more in every district here
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Answer key — A Failure Overseas, a Wage Cut Here
Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Disease among cattle in a neighbouring region — D (Markets close and meat is scarce here) 2. A storm wrecking vessels far offshore — C (Cargo is delayed and prices climb) 3. A war closing a sea route — A (Cotton grows dear and mill wages are cut) 4. New farmland opened on another continent — B (Grain floods in and upland farming collapses)
2.1. A boom in shipbuilding abroad — C (Timber prices rise on the harbour's quay) 2. A financial panic in a distant capital — B (Loans dry up and new mills are not built) 3. A cheaper canal route opening elsewhere — A (Shippers bypass this harbour and dues fall) 4. A crop failure in a grain-exporting country — D (Bread costs more in every district here)
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