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.
A storm wrecking vessels far offshore
A cheaper canal route opening elsewhere
A war closing a sea route
New farmland opened on another continent
A.Grain floods in and upland farming collapses
B.Shippers bypass this harbour and dues fall
C.Cotton grows dear and mill wages are cut
D.Cargo is delayed and prices climb
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A financial panic in a distant capital
A crop failure in a grain-exporting country
Disease among cattle in a neighbouring region
A boom in shipbuilding abroad
A.Bread costs more in every district here
B.Loans dry up and new mills are not built
C.Timber prices rise on the harbour's quay
D.Markets close and meat is scarce here
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Answer key — A Failure Overseas, a Wage Cut Here
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A storm wrecking vessels far offshore — D (Cargo is delayed and prices climb) 2. A cheaper canal route opening elsewhere — B (Shippers bypass this harbour and dues fall) 3. A war closing a sea route — C (Cotton grows dear and mill wages are cut) 4. New farmland opened on another continent — A (Grain floods in and upland farming collapses)
2.1. A financial panic in a distant capital — B (Loans dry up and new mills are not built) 2. A crop failure in a grain-exporting country — A (Bread costs more in every district here) 3. Disease among cattle in a neighbouring region — D (Markets close and meat is scarce here) 4. A boom in shipbuilding abroad — C (Timber prices rise on the harbour's quay)
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