Grade 2 | HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES
WEEK 9 • PRACTICE WORKBOOK • DAYS 41–45
Read the matching lesson in the Week 9 Student Textbook first. Write each answer on the line below its question. Day 45 is answered on your own.
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Day 41: Trade Between Countries
Export or import?
| Good | Where it goes |
|---|---|
| Car made in Alabama | Shipped to Canada |
| Bananas grown in Guatemala | Shipped to the United States |
| Paper made in Alabama | Shipped to Mexico |
- For the United States, are the bananas an export or an import?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- For the United States, is the paper an export or an import?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Explain why countries trade instead of making everything themselves.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 42: Imports in Our Homes
Label hunt
| Item | Label says |
|---|---|
| Bananas | Product of Guatemala |
| Jeans | Made in Mexico |
| Toothbrush | Made in USA |
| Coffee | Product of Colombia |
- Which item in the table was made in the United States?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Which items are imports to the United States?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Explain how a label helps a consumer know whether a good is an import.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 43: Goods Made in Alabama
Alabama goods
| Good | Comes from |
|---|---|
| Cars and trucks | Alabama auto factories |
| Paper and wood products | Alabama forests |
| Cotton | Alabama farms |
| Peanuts | Alabama farms |
- Which Alabama goods come from farms?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Where do Alabama’s paper and wood products come from?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Explain why having large forests helps Alabama make paper.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 44: Alabama Exports to the World
Where Alabama cars went
Top countries for Alabama motor vehicle exports in 2024: Germany, China, Canada, Mexico, South Korea.
- Name two countries that bought cars made in Alabama.
Answer: _________________________________________________
- About how many countries did Alabama send goods to in 2024?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Explain how Alabama workers are helped when people in other countries buy Alabama cars.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 45: Independent Check: Trade, Imports and Exports
Story: The Shipping Port
At the Port of Mobile, workers load lumber from Alabama forests onto a large ship going to the United Kingdom. Another ship arrives carrying bananas from Ecuador. Trucks will carry the bananas to grocery stores across Alabama.
Answer on your own. An adult may read the questions aloud but should not give the answers.
- For the United States, is the lumber an export or an import?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- For the United States, are the bananas an export or an import?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Explain how the Port of Mobile helps both Alabama producers and Alabama consumers.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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