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Two Countries, One Agreement 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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Two Countries, One Agreement

D2.Eco.14.3-5

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1.What happens to Country A if Country B stops taking timber?
  • A.Nothing changes
  • B.It has 500,000 tons a year and no agreed buyer
  • C.Timber becomes machine tools
2.How is interdependence different from dependence?
  • A.Both sides lose if it ends, not only one
  • B.It is a longer word
  • C.It involves money
3.Why does one year's notice appear in the agreement?
  • A.Years are easy to count
  • B.So neither side is stranded by a sudden ending
  • C.Notice is traditional
4.What is the gain from an agreement like this?
  • A.Lower wages
  • B.Certainty of supply at a known price for five years
  • C.Complete independence
5.What is the risk?
  • A.Timber rots
  • B.If prices fall, both are locked into terms the market has passed by
  • C.Ships sink
6.The agreement exchanges timber for machine tools. What does each depend on?
  • A.Only the buyer depends
  • B.Only the seller depends
  • C.Each needs what the other supplies, and each needs the other to keep buying
7.Why forbid reselling to a third country?
  • A.Reselling is untidy
  • B.So a scarce supply is not passed on for profit instead of used
  • C.Third countries are hostile
8.Why does a rebuilding country sign a five-year deal?
  • A.To guarantee materials it cannot produce fast enough itself
  • B.To gain territory
  • C.To avoid Parliament

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Answer key — Two Countries, One Agreement

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.It has 500,000 tons a year and no agreed buyer
  2. 2.Both sides lose if it ends, not only one
  3. 3.So neither side is stranded by a sudden ending
  4. 4.Certainty of supply at a known price for five years
  5. 5.If prices fall, both are locked into terms the market has passed by
  6. 6.Each needs what the other supplies, and each needs the other to keep buying
  7. 7.So a scarce supply is not passed on for profit instead of used
  8. 8.To guarantee materials it cannot produce fast enough itself

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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.