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 war closing a sea route
A boom in shipbuilding abroad
New farmland opened on another continent
A storm wrecking vessels far offshore
A.Cotton grows dear and mill wages are cut
B.Cargo is delayed and prices climb
C.Grain floods in and upland farming collapses
D.Timber prices rise on the harbour's quay
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A cheaper canal route opening elsewhere
A crop failure in a grain-exporting country
A financial panic in a distant capital
Disease among cattle in a neighbouring region
A.Markets close and meat is scarce here
B.Bread costs more in every district here
C.Loans dry up and new mills are not built
D.Shippers bypass this harbour and dues fall
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Answer key — A Failure Overseas, a Wage Cut Here
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A war closing a sea route — A (Cotton grows dear and mill wages are cut) 2. A boom in shipbuilding abroad — D (Timber prices rise on the harbour's quay) 3. New farmland opened on another continent — C (Grain floods in and upland farming collapses) 4. A storm wrecking vessels far offshore — B (Cargo is delayed and prices climb)
2.1. A cheaper canal route opening elsewhere — D (Shippers bypass this harbour and dues fall) 2. A crop failure in a grain-exporting country — B (Bread costs more in every district here) 3. A financial panic in a distant capital — C (Loans dry up and new mills are not built) 4. Disease among cattle in a neighbouring region — A (Markets close and meat is scarce here)
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