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Why Buy From Abroad? 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 Buy From Abroad?

D2.Eco.14.K-2

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Circle the best answer.

1.A country has no tea plants. What can it do?
  • A.Buy tea from a country that grows it
  • B.Grow tea in a cupboard
  • C.Go without tea forever
2.Oranges come from Spain. Why not from Hill Farm?
  • A.Hill Farm is too small
  • B.Farmers do not like oranges
  • C.Oranges need more warmth than our fields get
3.Hill Farm sells apples to another town. What is that called?
  • A.Saving
  • B.Trade
  • C.Borrowing
4.What is trade?
  • A.Making rules
  • B.Growing food
  • C.Buying and selling between people or countries
5.Why do bananas travel so far?
  • A.They ripen on ships only
  • B.They like travelling
  • C.They only grow in hot places
6.Why does the greengrocer sell both local and far-away fruit?
  • A.So people can buy things that do not grow here as well as things that do
  • B.Because signs look better
  • C.To fill the shelves
7.A country grows more wheat than it needs. What might it do?
  • A.Hide it
  • B.Sell some to countries that need it
  • C.Burn the extra
8.How does trade help a shopper here?
  • A.It gives them things that cannot be grown or made nearby
  • B.It shortens the street
  • C.It makes food free

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Answer key — Why Buy From Abroad?

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  1. 1.Buy tea from a country that grows it
  2. 2.Oranges need more warmth than our fields get
  3. 3.Trade
  4. 4.Buying and selling between people or countries
  5. 5.They only grow in hot places
  6. 6.So people can buy things that do not grow here as well as things that do
  7. 7.Sell some to countries that need it
  8. 8.It gives them things that cannot be grown or made nearby

Questions about Why Buy From Abroad?

What does the Why Buy From Abroad? worksheet cover?

It practises trading between countries — 8 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on Common Core D2.Eco.14.K-2: Say why people in one country buy and sell with people in another. The instruction to pupils is “Circle the best answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Why Buy From Abroad? practise?

D2.Eco.14.K-2 — D2.Eco.14.K-2, in the Economics domain for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Describe why people in one country trade goods and services with people in other countries.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Why Buy From Abroad? is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.14.K-2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Why Buy From Abroad? come with an answer key?

Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Why Buy From Abroad? can I print?

25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Why Buy From Abroad? free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Why Buy From Abroad?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach D2.Eco.14.K-2?

Yes — “Why Buy From Abroad?” is a 40-minute Kindergarten to Grade 2 plan for D2.Eco.14.K-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Why Buy From Abroad? is the practice that follows 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? Why Buy From Abroad? 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.