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