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