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 financial panic in a distant capital
New farmland opened on another continent
A cheaper canal route opening elsewhere
A crop failure in a grain-exporting country
A.Grain floods in and upland farming collapses
B.Shippers bypass this harbour and dues fall
C.Loans dry up and new mills are not built
D.Bread costs more in every district here
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A storm wrecking vessels far offshore
A boom in shipbuilding abroad
Disease among cattle in a neighbouring region
A war closing a sea route
A.Cargo is delayed and prices climb
B.Timber prices rise on the harbour's quay
C.Cotton grows dear and mill wages are cut
D.Markets close and meat is scarce here
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Answer key — A Failure Overseas, a Wage Cut Here
Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A financial panic in a distant capital — C (Loans dry up and new mills are not built) 2. New farmland opened on another continent — A (Grain floods in and upland farming collapses) 3. A cheaper canal route opening elsewhere — B (Shippers bypass this harbour and dues fall) 4. A crop failure in a grain-exporting country — D (Bread costs more in every district here)
2.1. A storm wrecking vessels far offshore — A (Cargo is delayed and prices climb) 2. A boom in shipbuilding abroad — B (Timber prices rise on the harbour's quay) 3. Disease among cattle in a neighbouring region — D (Markets close and meat is scarce here) 4. A war closing a sea route — C (Cotton grows dear and mill wages are cut)
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