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.
New farmland opened on another continent
A war closing a sea route
A financial panic in a distant capital
A crop failure in a grain-exporting country
A.Loans dry up and new mills are not built
B.Grain floods in and upland farming collapses
C.Cotton grows dear and mill wages are cut
D.Bread costs more in every district here
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A cheaper canal route opening elsewhere
Disease among cattle in a neighbouring region
A storm wrecking vessels far offshore
A boom in shipbuilding abroad
A.Shippers bypass this harbour and dues fall
B.Cargo is delayed and prices climb
C.Markets close and meat is scarce here
D.Timber prices rise on the harbour's quay
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Answer key — A Failure Overseas, a Wage Cut Here
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. New farmland opened on another continent — B (Grain floods in and upland farming collapses) 2. A war closing a sea route — C (Cotton grows dear and mill wages are cut) 3. A financial panic in a distant capital — A (Loans dry up and new mills are not built) 4. A crop failure in a grain-exporting country — D (Bread costs more in every district here)
2.1. A cheaper canal route opening elsewhere — A (Shippers bypass this harbour and dues fall) 2. Disease among cattle in a neighbouring region — C (Markets close and meat is scarce here) 3. A storm wrecking vessels far offshore — B (Cargo is delayed and prices climb) 4. A boom in shipbuilding abroad — D (Timber prices rise on the harbour's quay)
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