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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.
  • Turquoise
  • Obsidian, a black volcanic glass
  • Conch and whelk shells
  • Pipestone
  • A.Mines in what is now New Mexico
  • B.The southern coasts near Florida
  • C.A quarry in what is now Minnesota
  • D.The Yellowstone area of the Rocky Mountains
2.Before horses arrived, how did most trade goods travel?
  • A.By steamship
  • B.By truck
  • C.On foot and by canoe along rivers
3.What did many coastal peoples specialize in making to trade?
  • A.Glass windows
  • B.Shell beads
  • C.Iron tools
4.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
5.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
6.The Hopewell people of the Ohio Valley traded over huge distances. Which shows this?
  • A.Copper, shells and obsidian from far-off places were found at their sites
  • B.They left no objects at all
  • C.They built the first railroad
7.Why did farming peoples and hunting peoples trade with each other?
  • A.Neither had anything to trade
  • B.Both had exactly the same goods
  • C.Farmers had corn to spare and hunters had meat and hides

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Answer key — Trading Across a Continent

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  1. 1.1. Turquoise — A (Mines in what is now New Mexico) 2. Obsidian, a black volcanic glass — D (The Yellowstone area of the Rocky Mountains) 3. Conch and whelk shells — B (The southern coasts near Florida) 4. Pipestone — C (A quarry in what is now Minnesota)
  2. 2.On foot and by canoe along rivers
  3. 3.Shell beads
  4. 4.Talking with people of other nations who spoke different languages
  5. 5.To make what you are best placed to make and trade for the rest
  6. 6.Copper, shells and obsidian from far-off places were found at their sites
  7. 7.Farmers had corn to spare and hunters had meat and hides

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