The Land That Built the Town is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on how the land shapes the work done, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.9.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 20 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
The Land That Built the Town
D2.Geo.9.K-2
NameDate
Draw a line from each feature to what it made possible.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A quarry in the hillside
A valley above the town
Woods on the far bank
Flat land where roads meet
A.Gave timber for building
B.Provided stone for the town hall
C.Held the reservoir that supplies the taps
D.Became the Market Square
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Clay in the ground
A natural ford across the river
Good pasture on the slopes
A river with a steady fall
A.Powered the mill that wove the cloth
B.Fed the herds at Ford Dairy
C.Decided where the bridge was built
D.Supplied the brickworks
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.9.K-2 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — The Land That Built the Town
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A quarry in the hillside — B (Provided stone for the town hall) 2. A valley above the town — C (Held the reservoir that supplies the taps) 3. Woods on the far bank — A (Gave timber for building) 4. Flat land where roads meet — D (Became the Market Square)
2.1. Clay in the ground — D (Supplied the brickworks) 2. A natural ford across the river — C (Decided where the bridge was built) 3. Good pasture on the slopes — B (Fed the herds at Ford Dairy) 4. A river with a steady fall — A (Powered the mill that wove the cloth)
More practice for D2.Geo.9.K-2
Describe how the land in a place shapes the work done there.
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