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After the Disaster, Who Moves? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on effects of catastrophic events on settlement, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.9.3-5. 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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After the Disaster, Who Moves?

D2.Geo.9.3-5

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1.After a disaster, why do some people stay when others go?
  • A.They have land, family or work that ties them to the place
  • B.They cannot walk
  • C.They are not told
2.Why is a technological change like the railway not quite a disaster?
  • A.Nobody was affected
  • B.It destroyed some work while creating other work in the same valley
  • C.It was over in a day
3.A fire destroys the mill. What follows for the mill workers?
  • A.The mill rebuilds itself
  • B.Wages rise
  • C.They must find other work or move to another mill town
4.A crop fails across a region for several years. What follows?
  • A.Prices fall
  • B.Everybody stays
  • C.People leave in numbers, often for towns or other countries
5.What does a rise in a town's population after a rural disaster suggest?
  • A.Births rose that year
  • B.People moved from the countryside to the town for work
  • C.The town grew larger in area
6.A flood destroys the low houses of a village. What is likely?
  • A.Nothing changes
  • B.The river is moved
  • C.People rebuild on higher ground or leave altogether
7.The workhouse register fills after 1846. What does that measure?
  • A.How many families lost their living as the work moved
  • B.How many trains ran
  • C.How much coal was cut
8.A pit closes after a disaster. What happens to the pit village?
  • A.Coal is found elsewhere in it
  • B.Families move to where there is work, and the village shrinks
  • C.The village grows

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Answer key — After the Disaster, Who Moves?

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.They have land, family or work that ties them to the place
  2. 2.It destroyed some work while creating other work in the same valley
  3. 3.They must find other work or move to another mill town
  4. 4.People leave in numbers, often for towns or other countries
  5. 5.People moved from the countryside to the town for work
  6. 6.People rebuild on higher ground or leave altogether
  7. 7.How many families lost their living as the work moved
  8. 8.Families move to where there is work, and the village shrinks

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.9.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.