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Why Countries Trade is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on trading between countries, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.14.K-2. 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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Why Countries Trade

D2.Eco.14.K-2

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Circle the best answer.

1.What is trade?
  • A.Growing food
  • B.Buying and selling between people or countries
  • C.Making rules
2.A country grows lots of rice. What might it do?
  • A.Throw the extra away
  • B.Sell some rice to other countries
  • C.Hide the rice
3.Why does one country buy from another?
  • A.Because the other country has something it cannot make
  • B.Because shops are full
  • C.To be friendly only
4.Bananas do not grow here. How do we get them?
  • A.They are brought from a country where they grow
  • B.We do not have bananas
  • C.We grow them in winter
5.Why is trade useful?
  • A.It makes things free
  • B.It lets people get things they cannot make where they live
  • C.It stops shops closing
6.Chocolate is made from cocoa beans. Where do they grow?
  • A.In warm countries far from here
  • B.In the shop
  • C.In the school garden
7.Oranges grow where it is warm. Why do we still get them?
  • A.They are brought here from warm countries
  • B.We make them
  • C.They grow in the snow
8.A country has no wool. What can it do?
  • A.Wait for wool to appear
  • B.Buy wool from a country that has it
  • C.Stop making jumpers forever

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Answer key — Why Countries Trade

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Buying and selling between people or countries
  2. 2.Sell some rice to other countries
  3. 3.Because the other country has something it cannot make
  4. 4.They are brought from a country where they grow
  5. 5.It lets people get things they cannot make where they live
  6. 6.In warm countries far from here
  7. 7.They are brought here from warm countries
  8. 8.Buy wool from a country that has it

More practice for D2.Eco.14.K-2

Say why people in one country buy and sell with people in another.

Teaching this next? Buying From Far Away is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.14.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.