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 boom in shipbuilding abroad
A storm wrecking vessels far offshore
A war closing a sea route
A crop failure in a grain-exporting country
A.Bread costs more in every district here
B.Timber prices rise on the harbour's quay
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.
Disease among cattle in a neighbouring region
A cheaper canal route opening elsewhere
New farmland opened on another continent
A financial panic in a distant capital
A.Grain floods in and upland farming collapses
B.Loans dry up and new mills are not built
C.Shippers bypass this harbour and dues fall
D.Markets close and meat is scarce here
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Answer key — A Failure Overseas, a Wage Cut Here
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A boom in shipbuilding abroad — B (Timber prices rise on the harbour's quay) 2. A storm wrecking vessels far offshore — D (Cargo is delayed and prices climb) 3. A war closing a sea route — C (Cotton grows dear and mill wages are cut) 4. A crop failure in a grain-exporting country — A (Bread costs more in every district here)
2.1. Disease among cattle in a neighbouring region — D (Markets close and meat is scarce here) 2. A cheaper canal route opening elsewhere — C (Shippers bypass this harbour and dues fall) 3. New farmland opened on another continent — A (Grain floods in and upland farming collapses) 4. A financial panic in a distant capital — B (Loans dry up and new mills are not built)
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