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How the Town Changed Its Place is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on how human activity changes places, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.5.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 students 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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How the Town Changed Its Place

D2.Geo.5.K-2

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1.A reservoir is built above the town. What changes?
  • A.A valley becomes a lake and the town gets piped water
  • B.The town moves
  • C.The rain increases
2.Trees are planted along the river. What changes?
  • A.The bank is greener and holds the soil better
  • B.The bank vanishes
  • C.The river floods more
3.The mill was built by the river. What changed?
  • A.A quiet bank became a place where 200 people worked
  • B.Nothing changed
  • C.The river moved
4.The mill closes and is pulled down. What changes?
  • A.The work goes and the land is empty
  • B.The town grows
  • C.The river stops
5.The Market Square is paved. What changes?
  • A.The Square shrinks
  • B.Stalls stand on a hard surface instead of mud
  • C.The market ends
6.The council raises the river wall. What changes?
  • A.The river dries
  • B.The water is held back from Mill Row
  • C.The houses move
7.The town builds a bypass. What changes?
  • A.Traffic misses the center, which becomes quieter
  • B.The river moves
  • C.The center grows
8.Roads are widened for trucks. What changes?
  • A.More traffic can pass, and some buildings come down
  • B.The town gets quieter
  • C.Nothing

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Answer key — How the Town Changed Its Place

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.A valley becomes a lake and the town gets piped water
  2. 2.The bank is greener and holds the soil better
  3. 3.A quiet bank became a place where 200 people worked
  4. 4.The work goes and the land is empty
  5. 5.Stalls stand on a hard surface instead of mud
  6. 6.The water is held back from Mill Row
  7. 7.Traffic misses the center, which becomes quieter
  8. 8.More traffic can pass, and some buildings come down

More practice for D2.Geo.5.K-2

Describe how what people do changes a place.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.5.K-2 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.