A Town That Trades is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on trading between places, 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
B.Each gets something it wants for something it has spare
C.It costs nothing
2.Why might a mill town depend on other places?
A.It disliked farming
B.It had no money
C.It made one thing well and had to buy the rest
3.What does a town gain by trading?
A.Things it cannot make, in exchange for things it can
B.Free goods
C.A bigger square
4.The town wove cloth. What might it have sold elsewhere?
A.Its river
B.The cloth it made more of than it needed
C.Its census
5.The town is inland. Why is there fish at the market?
A.Traders bring it from the coast
B.The river has sea fish
C.Fish walk inland
6.Boxwood came from far away for shuttles. Why?
A.Boxwood is hard and did not grow here in quantity
B.It was fashionable
C.Local wood was banned
7.The mill closed. What happened to the town's trade?
A.It had less to sell and had to find something else
B.Trade was banned
C.Nothing changed
8.Why does the town buy coal rather than dig it?
A.Digging is banned
B.Coal is free elsewhere
C.There is no coal here, and there is coal elsewhere
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.14.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — A Town That Trades
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Each gets something it wants for something it has spare
2.It made one thing well and had to buy the rest
3.Things it cannot make, in exchange for things it can
4.The cloth it made more of than it needed
5.Traders bring it from the coast
6.Boxwood is hard and did not grow here in quantity
7.It had less to sell and had to find something else
8.There is no coal here, and there is coal elsewhere
Questions about A Town That Trades
What does the A Town That Trades worksheet cover?
It practises trading between places — 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 A Town That Trades 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?
A Town That Trades 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 A Town That Trades 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 A Town That Trades 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 A Town That Trades free to print and photocopy?
Yes. A Town That Trades, 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 — “A Town That Trades” 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. A Town That Trades 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? A Town That Trades is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.