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Trading Across a Continent is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on trade networks among Native nations before 1492, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.4.3-5. It prints 7 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students 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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Trading Across a Continent

D2.Eco.4.3-5

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Draw a line from each trade good to where it came from. Then choose the best answers.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Flint for tools
  • Turquoise
  • Conch and whelk shells
  • Macaw feathers
  • A.Mines in what is now New Mexico
  • B.Quarries such as Flint Ridge in Ohio
  • C.The southern coasts near Florida
  • D.Birds traded north from Mexico to the Southwest
2.What does it mean to specialize?
  • A.To make what you are best placed to make and trade for the rest
  • B.To stop trading
  • C.To make everything yourself
3.Why did the Mississippi River and its branches help trade?
  • A.The river was frozen all year
  • B.Canoes could carry goods long distances on the water
  • C.Roads ran under the river
4.The Hopewell people of the Ohio Valley traded over huge distances. Which shows this?
  • A.They built the first railroad
  • B.Copper, shells and obsidian from far-off places were found at their sites
  • C.They left no objects at all
5.Before horses arrived, how did most trade goods travel?
  • A.On foot and by canoe along rivers
  • B.By truck
  • C.By steamship
6.What was Plains Indian Sign Language used for?
  • A.Sending messages by telegraph
  • B.Writing laws on paper
  • C.Talking with people of other nations who spoke different languages
7.Why did nations trade goods with peoples far away?
  • A.Each region had resources that others did not
  • B.Every region had exactly the same resources
  • C.Trade was required by a king

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Answer key — Trading Across a Continent

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Flint for tools — B (Quarries such as Flint Ridge in Ohio) 2. Turquoise — A (Mines in what is now New Mexico) 3. Conch and whelk shells — C (The southern coasts near Florida) 4. Macaw feathers — D (Birds traded north from Mexico to the Southwest)
  2. 2.To make what you are best placed to make and trade for the rest
  3. 3.Canoes could carry goods long distances on the water
  4. 4.Copper, shells and obsidian from far-off places were found at their sites
  5. 5.On foot and by canoe along rivers
  6. 6.Talking with people of other nations who spoke different languages
  7. 7.Each region had resources that others did not

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.4.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.