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Fed and Clothed From Abroad is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how trade creates interdependence, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.14.3-5. It prints 8 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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Fed and Clothed From Abroad

D2.Eco.14.3-5

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1.The mills spin imported cotton. What happens if the cotton fails?
  • A.The frames stand idle and wages fall
  • B.Nothing changes
  • C.Wool is spun instead
2.What is the risk?
  • A.Ships get slower
  • B.A failure far away arrives here as hunger or idleness
  • C.Coal gets heavier
3.31,000 tons of coal go outward. Who depends on that?
  • A.Only the shipowners
  • B.Nobody
  • C.The places burning it, and the miners paid to cut it
4.What is the gain from this dependence?
  • A.Complete safety
  • B.Lower wages
  • C.More goods than the region could produce alone
5.Why is interdependence not the same as one side needing the other?
  • A.Both sides lose something if the trade stops
  • B.Only buyers lose
  • C.Only sellers lose
6.What does the grain-growing country depend on in return?
  • A.Nothing at all
  • B.Buyers here paying for the grain it cannot eat itself
  • C.Our coal only
7.The region lands 22,000 tons of grain. What does it depend on?
  • A.Countries that grow grain, and the ships that bring it
  • B.Its own farms
  • C.The mill district
8.Why does a region import food it could partly grow?
  • A.Imports are free
  • B.Because its land and labour earn more doing something else
  • C.Farming is banned

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Answer key — Fed and Clothed From Abroad

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The frames stand idle and wages fall
  2. 2.A failure far away arrives here as hunger or idleness
  3. 3.The places burning it, and the miners paid to cut it
  4. 4.More goods than the region could produce alone
  5. 5.Both sides lose something if the trade stops
  6. 6.Buyers here paying for the grain it cannot eat itself
  7. 7.Countries that grow grain, and the ships that bring it
  8. 8.Because its land and labour earn more doing something else

More practice for D2.Eco.14.3-5

Explain how trade makes countries depend on each other.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.14.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.