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Why Things Travel is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on movement of people, goods and ideas, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.7.K-2. It prints 2 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.

Set 6 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Why Things Travel

D2.Geo.7.K-2

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Draw a line from each one to why it travels.

LessonPrint · D2.Geo.7.K-2 · Set 6 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Why Things Travel

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Bananas travel by ship — B (To reach shops where they do not grow) 2. A family moves house — A (To be nearer to work or family) 3. People travel on holiday — D (To see somewhere different) 4. Birds fly a long way in autumn — C (To find somewhere warmer)
  2. 2.1. A story travels from person to person — C (Because people tell each other) 2. A letter travels in a van — A (To reach the person it is written to) 3. Children travel on a bus — B (To get to school) 4. Bread travels from the bakery — D (To reach the shop that sells it)

More practice for D2.Geo.7.K-2

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.7.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.