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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
  • Obsidian, a black volcanic glass
  • Conch and whelk shells
  • Pipestone
  • A.The Yellowstone area of the Rocky Mountains
  • B.A quarry in what is now Minnesota
  • C.The southern coasts near Florida
  • D.Quarries such as Flint Ridge in Ohio
2.What does it mean to specialize?
  • A.To stop trading
  • B.To make what you are best placed to make and trade for the rest
  • C.To make everything yourself
3.The Hopewell people of the Ohio Valley traded over huge distances. Which shows this?
  • A.They left no objects at all
  • B.They built the first railroad
  • C.Copper, shells and obsidian from far-off places were found at their sites
4.Before horses arrived, how did most trade goods travel?
  • A.By steamship
  • B.By truck
  • C.On foot and by canoe along rivers
5.Why did nations trade goods with peoples far away?
  • A.Trade was required by a king
  • B.Each region had resources that others did not
  • C.Every region had exactly the same resources
6.Why did farming peoples and hunting peoples trade with each other?
  • A.Farmers had corn to spare and hunters had meat and hides
  • B.Both had exactly the same goods
  • C.Neither had anything to trade
7.What was Plains Indian Sign Language used for?
  • A.Talking with people of other nations who spoke different languages
  • B.Writing laws on paper
  • C.Sending messages by telegraph

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Answer key — Trading Across a Continent

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Flint for tools — D (Quarries such as Flint Ridge in Ohio) 2. Obsidian, a black volcanic glass — A (The Yellowstone area of the Rocky Mountains) 3. Conch and whelk shells — C (The southern coasts near Florida) 4. Pipestone — B (A quarry in what is now Minnesota)
  2. 2.To make what you are best placed to make and trade for the rest
  3. 3.Copper, shells and obsidian from far-off places were found at their sites
  4. 4.On foot and by canoe along rivers
  5. 5.Each region had resources that others did not
  6. 6.Farmers had corn to spare and hunters had meat and hides
  7. 7.Talking with people of other nations who spoke different languages

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